This book answers many of the questions surrounding Rousseau's importance as an artist and examines his paintings in a wider art-historical context.
A fi gurehead of 19th and 20th century art, Henri Rousseau is considered the founding father of Naive painting.
In these colourful and vibrant works, monkeys play among tropical flowers, tigers stalk their next meal, and mysterious figures lure the viewer into this exotic, captivating world.
Publisher description
In this miniature gift book, the jungle paintings of Henri Rousseau are reproduced in full colour, along with details highlighting the intricacy of the painter's artistic vision, and a brief explanatory text.
With large, full-color reproductions of Rousseau's paintings and many previously unpublished illustrations of his sources and influences, alongside a wealth of new research, this definitive overview provides new perspectives on both the ...