Henri Rousseau
French 1844-1910 Henri Rousseau Locations He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber. He attended Laval High School as a day student and then as a boarder, after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. He was mediocre in some subjects at the high school but won prizes for drawing and music. He worked for a lawyer and studied law, but "attempted a small perjury and sought refuge in the army," serving for four years, starting in 1863. With his father's death, Rousseau moved to Paris in 1868 to support his widowed mother as a government employee. In 1871, he was promoted to the toll collector's office in Paris as a tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties, and by age 49 he retired from his job to work on his art. His wife died in 1888 and he later remarried. Rousseau claimed he had "no teacher other than nature", although he admitted he had received "some advice" from two established Academic painters, Felix Auguste-Clement and Jean-Leon Gerome. Essentially he was self-taught and is considered to be a naive or primitive painter.

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Henri Rousseau The Environs of Batignolles oil painting


The Environs of Batignolles
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Painting ID::  27135
Henri Rousseau
The Environs of Batignolles
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Henri Rousseau The Artist Painting His Wife oil painting


The Artist Painting His Wife
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Painting ID::  27136
Henri Rousseau
The Artist Painting His Wife
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Henri Rousseau Portrait of the Artist with a Lamp oil painting


Portrait of the Artist with a Lamp
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Painting ID::  27137
Henri Rousseau
Portrait of the Artist with a Lamp
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Henri Rousseau Portrait of Rousseau's Second Wife with a Lamp oil painting


Portrait of Rousseau's Second Wife with a Lamp
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Painting ID::  27138
Henri Rousseau
Portrait of Rousseau's Second Wife with a Lamp
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Henri Rousseau View of the Fortifications oil painting


View of the Fortifications
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Painting ID::  27140
Henri Rousseau
View of the Fortifications
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     French 1844-1910 Henri Rousseau Locations He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber. He attended Laval High School as a day student and then as a boarder, after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. He was mediocre in some subjects at the high school but won prizes for drawing and music. He worked for a lawyer and studied law, but "attempted a small perjury and sought refuge in the army," serving for four years, starting in 1863. With his father's death, Rousseau moved to Paris in 1868 to support his widowed mother as a government employee. In 1871, he was promoted to the toll collector's office in Paris as a tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties, and by age 49 he retired from his job to work on his art. His wife died in 1888 and he later remarried. Rousseau claimed he had "no teacher other than nature", although he admitted he had received "some advice" from two established Academic painters, Felix Auguste-Clement and Jean-Leon Gerome. Essentially he was self-taught and is considered to be a naive or primitive painter.

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