Art History School | Why was French artist Henri Rousseau ridiculed at the Salon d'Automne 1907? #shorts #art @ArtHistorySchool | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The French naïve artist Henri Rousseau was exhibiting his painting, The Snake Charmer at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1907. But the painting was displayed behind a curtain in the far corner of the gallery. Poor Henri sat behind the curtain with his painting. Why was he forced to sit behind the curtain in an obscure part of the galley? The video explains.
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Henri Rousseau was born in Laval in France and worked for a solicitor when he left school. He joined the army in 1863.
Henri Rousseau exaggerates a great deal for example he claimed to serve in Mexico where he got inspiration for his jungle paintings – but there is no evidence from army records that he left France. He left the army in 1868, moved to Paris, France and married Clemence Boitard before getting a job as a tax collector on gates of Paris. He started copying paintings in the Louvre in 1884 and was totally self-taught.
In 1885 Henri Rousseau exhibited his first pictures at the Salon des Refuses, Paris. The paintings had technical problems but had a naïve charm about them. His ‘paintings Surprised’, Old Junior’s Cart and ‘Scout attacked by a Tiger ‘are amongst is most important works.
In 1908 Picasso presents him with a cardboard medal in his studio at the Bateau Lavoir in Paris. He died a pauper in 1910 and is buried in a pauper’s grave, 7 people attend his funeral. He was reburied in 1912 and again in 1947.
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The French naïve artist Henri Rousseau was exhibiting his painting, The Snake Charmer at the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1907. But the painting was displayed behind a curtain in the far corner of the gallery. Poor Henri sat behind the curtain with his painting. Why was he forced to sit behind the curtain in an obscure part of the galley? The video explains.
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Henri Rousseau was born in Laval in France and worked for a solicitor when he left school. He joined the army in 1863.
Henri Rousseau exaggerates a great deal for example he claimed to serve in Mexico where he got inspiration for his jungle paintings – but there is no evidence from army records that he left France. He left the army in 1868, moved to Paris, France and married Clemence Boitard before getting a job as a tax collector on gates of Paris. He started copying paintings in the Louvre in 1884 and was totally self-taught.
In 1885 Henri Rousseau exhibited his first pictures at the Salon des Refuses, Paris. The paintings had technical problems but had a naïve charm about them. His ‘paintings Surprised’, Old Junior’s Cart and ‘Scout attacked by a Tiger ‘are amongst is most important works.
In 1908 Picasso presents him with a cardboard medal in his studio at the Bateau Lavoir in Paris. He died a pauper in 1910 and is buried in a pauper’s grave, 7 people attend his funeral. He was reburied in 1912 and again in 1947.
Learn more about Henri Rousseau: youtu.be/0DSCLkhE4xw
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