Henri Rousseau
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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax colle
Rousseau in 1907 by Dornac
Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) (1891) was the first of many jungle scenes for which Rousseau is best known.
Tropical Forest with Monkeys (1910)
The Dream (1910) Museum of Modern Art
The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1905. Following Scouts Attacked by a Tiger the previous year, The Hungry Lion was the secon
Henri Rousseau
…produced one of his most famous paintings, The Sleeping Gypsy, which is now on display in the Barnes Foundation. In 1905, Rousseau's large jungle scene The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope was exhibited at the Salon des indépendants near works by younger leading avant-garde artists such as Henri Matisse, in what is now seen as the first…
Henri Rousseau — The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope