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The Dream (French: Le Rêve; occasionally also known as Le Songe or Rêve exotique) is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1910, one of more than 25 Rousseau paintings with a jungle theme.
Aug 4, 2012 · Without leaving his native France, he made numerous paintings of fantastical jungle landscapes, like the one that fills The Dream. Living in Paris, he had ready access to images of faraway people and places through popular literature, world expositions, museums, and the Paris Zoo.
Oct 14, 2023 · With its incredible attention to detail, vibrant palette, and absurdist combination of imagery, The Dream reveals why Rousseau’s art was so admired by the Surrealists. At least 22 shades of green were deployed to paint the jungle foliage. The painting captivated the poet and critic Guillaume Apollinaire.
The lush jungle, wild animals, and mysterious horn player featured in this work were inspired by Rousseau's visits to the city's natural history museum and Jardin des plantes (a...
Sep 26, 2022 · One of Rousseau’s final pieces was The Dream, a large oil painting measuring 80.5 x 117.5 in. This is an enigmatic image. The setting is a moonlit landscape of lush jungle foliage: here are huge leaves, lotus blossoms and citrus fruits.
The Dream is a large oil-on-canvas painting created by Henri Rousseau in 1910, one of more than 25 Rousseau paintings with a jungle theme. The Dream is the largest of the jungle paintings, measuring 6' 8½" x 9' 9½" (204.5 x 298.5 cm).
Curator, Ann Temkin: The Dream was painted by Henri Rousseau in 1910. Rousseau was a curious figure in the early twentieth-century avant-garde. He was not trained as a painter and instead he was a self-taught artist whose day job was as a customs agent. His work centered on exotic renditions of jungle scenes.
