Henri Rousseau

French · 1844–1910 · Painter, Printmaker

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation… (Wikipedia)

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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

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Born 1844, LavalDied 1910, ParisOccupation Painter, PrintmakerWikidata Q156386 ↗ULAN 500115462 ↗Museum works 24

naïve artPost-impressionismprimitivism

Also known as Customs Officer, Douanier, Douanier Rousseau, h. rousseau, Henri Julian Felix Rousseau, Henri Julien Felix Rousseau, Henri Julien Rousseau, Henri Rousseau - after and 4 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Henri Rousseau, The Repast of the Lion — **The Repast of the Lion**ca. 1907 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 — Open Acces…

Henri Rousseau, The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre — **The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre**ca. 1908–09 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Marshall Field, 1939 — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Boy on the Rocks — **Boy on the Rocks**1895/1897 · oil on linen
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, The Equatorial Jungle — **The Equatorial Jungle**1909 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Chester Dale Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Rendezvous in the Forest — **Rendezvous in the Forest**1889 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of the W. Averell Harriman Foundati…

Henri Rousseau, Tropical Forest with Monkeys — **Tropical Forest with Monkeys**1910 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Hay Whitney Collection — Open Acces…

Henri Rousseau, La Guerre (The War) — **La Guerre (The War)**after 1895 · photomechanical relief print on red coated wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Study for Family Fishing — **Study for Family Fishing**1895
Israel Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Israel Museum

Henri Rousseau, Flowers in a Vase — **Flowers in a Vase**1909
Buffalo AKG Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Henri Rousseau, Stroller and Child — **Stroller and Child**1905
Dallas Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Dallas Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, Landscape with Ruins — **Landscape with Ruins**1906
Pola Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pola Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, Eve in the Garden of Eden — **Eve in the Garden of Eden**1908
Pola Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pola Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, Jungle with Lion — **Jungle with Lion**1904
Pola Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pola Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, Landscape with the Dirigible Republique and a Wright Airplane — **Landscape with the Dirigible Republique and a Wright Airplane**1909
Pola Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pola Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, The Moulin d'Alfort — **The Moulin d'Alfort**1895
Pola Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Pola Museum of Art

Henri Rousseau, Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo — **Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo**1908 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Outskirts of Paris — **Outskirts of Paris**c. 1897–1905 · oil on fabric
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris — **Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris**c. 1893/95 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Kate L. Brewster — public domain (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, River and Park Landscape — **River and Park Landscape**1885/90 · Pen and black inks and lead white gouache, with graphite on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on cream card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mary and Leigh Block — public domain (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, War — **War**1894 · Lithograph in black on orange wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Sidney C. Eastman Fund — public domain (CC0)

Henri Rousseau, Hikers climbing up to a Mountain Chalet — **Hikers climbing up to a Mountain Chalet**c. 1888 · Black crayon, with graphite, heightened with white chalk and white pencil, on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Henri Rousseau, Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai — **Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai**1885 · Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Henri Rousseau, Oak Branch — **Oak Branch**1907/08 · Pen and gray ink on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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