The self-taught painter Henri Rousseau was mocked for his clumsy compositions and awkward perspectives. But if he had been trained, modern art as we know it might never have happened, writes ...

A closer look at Henri Rousseau’s ‘The Merry Jesters ... On the occasion of a Rousseau retrospective at London’s Tate Modern in 2005, artist Dexter Dalwood made the point that Rousseau ...

One hundred years ago this spring, Henri Rousseau exhibited his paintings ... of his retrospective opens Feb. 21 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the effort will be to clarify his position ...

Henri Rousseau started to paint in Paris around ... it was to have a decisive influence on modern art, from surrealism to abstract art.

New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is the place to be if you want to learn about modern and contemporary art. Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories surveys Ukrainian artists from 1912–2023, providing ...

“Rousseau is an artist who is undoubtedly recognized as one of the grandfathers of modern art and until our sale, one of his masterpieces has not been available since the last world record price ...

While many studies of Henri Rousseau focus on his painterly style—an article from the National Gallery of Art states that “the artist’s jungle paintings lack solidity, as if they were ...

Painted in a self-taught style similar to that of Henri ... by the art dealer Wilhelm Uhde, who helped promote his career. The artist died on June 6, 1970 in Paris, France. Today, Bombois’s works are ...

A statue comes to life in a magical gallery and falls into the painting 'Surprised!' by Henri Rousseau. Inside the painting she explores Rousseau’s use of imagination in painting, the techniques ...