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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 ...
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The outsider who came in: Henri Rousseau retrospective opens at Philly’s Barnes Foundation

“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 ...
Artnet

Eureka: How Henri Rousseau Painted Luscious Jungles—Without Once Leaving France

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 ...
The Triangle

“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” to open at the Barnes Foundation

Open to the public on Sunday, Oct. 19, the Barnes Foundation’s “Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” exhibit is not to be ...
Hyperallergic

In the Jungle of Henri Rousseau’s Imagination

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The Washington Post

Monkeying around in the jungle

A closer look at Henri Rousseau’s ‘The Merry Jesters’ reveals a complex artwork by a complicated man Henri Rousseau was a customs official who worked at a toll gate and only took up painting in his ...
BBC

Henri Rousseau: The untrained godfather of modern art

The self-taught painter Henri Rousseau was mocked for his clumsy compositions and awkward perspectives. But if he had been trained, modern art as we know it might never have happened, writes Alastair ...