Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and Tokyos
1910 Barnes Foundation
About this artwork
This still life features a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a white fluted vase set against a green vertically striped background on a red table. It is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
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Henri Rousseau, a self-taught tax collector known as 'Le Douanier,' created this work in the final year of his life. His unique, flat, and highly stylized approach to nature made him a central figure of the Naïve art movement and earned him the admiration of avant-garde contemporaries like Picasso.
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Bouquet of Flowers with China Asters and Tokyos
Henri Rousseau, 1910