Cornelia Stabenow Rousseau (Hardback) Basic Art (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: RousseauCondition: NewISBN-10: 383656386XEAN: 9783836563864ISBN: 9783836563864Publisher: Taschen GmbHFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/10/2018Description: Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau’s bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as childish and simplistic, but his unique and tenacious style soon won acclaim. After 1886, he exhibited regularly at Paris’s prestigious Salon des Indépendants, and in 1908 he received a legendary banquet of honor, hosted by Picasso. Although best known for his tropical scenes, Rousseau, in fact, never left France, relying on books and magazines for inspiration, as well as trips to natural history museums and anecdotes from returning military acquaintances. Working in oil on canvas, he tended toward a vibrant palette, vivid rendering, as well as a certain lush, languid sensuality as seen in the nude in the jungle composition The Dream. Today, “Rousseau’s myth" is well established in art history, garnering comparison with such other post-Impressionist masters as Cézanne, Matisse, and Gauguin. In this dependable TASCHEN introduction, we explore the makings of this late-blooming artist and his legacy as an unlikely hero of modernism.Language: ItalianCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 260mmItem Length: 210mmItem Weight: 589gAuthor: Cornelia StabenowGenre: Arts & PhotographyBook Series: Basic ArtType: Geschichte & KritikRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.