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Meet Henri Rousseau, the Untrained Artist Who Wouldn’t Quit Painting—Despite the Ridicule He Received From Critics
A new retrospective at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia examines the career of the 20th-century French painter, who ...
“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” is a major retrospective featuring almost 60 paintings from institutions around the world. It was put together by the Barnes Foundation, which has the largest ...
Barnes paid the dealer Paul Guillaume 45,000 francs (plus commission) for his first Rousseau—on a par with prime works by ...
Open to the public on Sunday, Oct. 19, the Barnes Foundation’s “Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” exhibit is not to be ...
As explained in the exhibition Directed by Rembrandt, currently on view at the Rembrandthuis Museum in Amsterdam, the 17th-century Dutch painter could spend up to two days binding a turban worn by one ...
Henri Rousseau, La charmeuse de serpents, 1907, oil on canvas, 167 x 189.5 cm. Paris, Musée d’Orsay. © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski ...
Henri Rousseau started to paint in Paris around 1880, at the age of 40. This self-taught artist was friendly with the poet Apollinaire, Robert Delaunay and Pablo Picasso, who recognized his genius, ...
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