{"product_id":"9783836570763-rousseau","title":"Stabenow Cornelia - Rousseau - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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 Ind pendants 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 C zanne 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Rousseau\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Stabenow Cornelia\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Taschen Gmbh\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9783836570763\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 96 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 5\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Basic Art\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Individual Artists, Art Monographs","brand":"Stabenow Cornelia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51337576677681,"sku":"IN-G-9783836570763","price":17.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9783836570763.jpg?v=1747041334","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9783836570763-rousseau","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}