Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau
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 collector. Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. Rousseau's work exerted an extensive influence on several generations of avant-garde artists...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth21 May 1844
CityLaval, France
CountryFrance
If you remove these lines in the painting, the colors are no longer effective.
Cities are the sinks of the human race.
Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.
The universe was born restless and has never since been still.