Henri Rousseau – French Naïve Post-Impressionist Painter

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work is characterized by the term Naïve which implies art without a formal training or degree. Rousseau was only recognized for his self-taught generous after years of criticism for his non-serious, childish art style. One of his more popular scenes is that of jungles, yet he never left his native France to see one in person. A particular style that he invented is that of a portrait landscape which combines a view of a favorite part of the city and then adding a person into the foreground. Our pattern set of Rousseau contains many of his well-known works including The Snake Charmer, The Dream, The Football Players, Malakoff, Tiger in a Tropical Storm, The Flamingoes, Boy on the Rocks, and two self portraits.