Henri Rousseau
1844 – 1910
✥French
◉Naïve Art
▣1844 – 1910
Henri Rousseau was a self-taught 'naïve' painter whose dreamlike jungle scenes—lush foliage, lurking beasts, glowing moons—he built entirely from imagination, botanical gardens and picture books. Mocked in his day, he became a hero to the avant-garde.
