Why was Henri Julien Rousseau known as Le Douanier?

He is also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer) after his place of employment. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. He was born in Laval in the Loire Valley into the family of a plumber.

Who was Henri Rousseau and what did he do?

Henri Julien Felix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. He is also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer) after his place of employment. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.

Where can I see all of Henri Rousseau’s paintings?

A major exhibition of his work, “Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris”, was shown at the Tate Modern from November 2005 for four months, organised by the Tate and the Musée d’Orsay, where the show also appeared. The exhibition, encompassing 49 of his paintings, was on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington…

When did Henri Rousseau move to Montparnasse?

Yet it was more than a decade before Rousseau returned to depicting his vision of jungles. In 1893, Rousseau moved to a studio in Montparnasse where he lived and worked until his death in 1910. In 1897, he produced one of his most famous paintings, La Bohémienne endormie (The Sleeping Gypsy).

Where are Henri Rousseau paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

“Henri Rousseau,” February 5–June 4, 1985, no. 49. Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. “Picasso and the School of Paris: Paintings from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,” September 14–November 24, 2002, no. 7. Tokyo. Bunkamura Museum of Art.

When did Henri Rousseau do the repast of the Lion?

This work was probably shown in the Salon d’Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme that Rousseau first explored in Surprised! of 1891 (National Gallery, London).