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5 days ago · The Unlikely Artist. To understand The Dream, one must first examine its singular creator. Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was the definition of an outsider artist. Born in Laval, France, he worked as a toll collector until the relatively advanced age of 49 before retiring to pursue painting full-time.
2 days ago · Museum of Modern Art. / 40.76167°N 73.97750°W / 40.76167; -73.97750. The Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan.
5 days ago · Rousseau believed that life in society was essentially corrupting, but that men (it is not clear whether women figured in the social contract) could achieve true morality by joining in the social contract and living under laws that they themselves made.
2 days ago · Sarah Gould. On hot summer days, Parisians escape to the suburb of Fontainebleau. After the Château Royal, the forest is the city’s second monument, or at least that’s the way Théodore Rousseau saw it: a refuge from inflation, pollution, noise and epidemics (in 1849, artists confined themselves there to escape a cholera outbreak), and an ...
22 hours ago · The Louvre, Paris. A strong contender for the title of most famous museum globally is the Louvre, situated right in the heart of Paris. This Parisian gem boasts staggering visitor numbers, with an ...
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2 days ago · Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, also known as Le Douanier Rousseau, was a French Post-Impressionist painter. Despite having no formal training, Rousseau's unique style and naïve depictions of jungle scenes earned him recognition as a significant figure in the art world.
3 days ago · Expect some big price tags here: Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris, for example, is bringing works by Henri Rousseau and Picasso; Sies + Höke, from Düsseldorf, is presenting artworks by German titans ...
