Meadowland (The Pasture)
1910 Artizon Museum
About this artwork
An oil on canvas depicting a pastoral scene with a figure, two cattle, and a large round tree against a backdrop of cypress trees. It is part of the collection at the Artizon Museum in Tokyo.
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Henri Rousseau, often called 'Le Douanier' due to his former career as a toll collector, was a self-taught artist who achieved fame in the Parisian avant-garde circles. His work is celebrated for its unique, dreamlike quality and meticulous, almost miniaturist detail, which ignored the traditional laws of perspective and proportion. This piece serves as a characteristic example of his mature style, blending observed nature with a simplified, imaginative decorative quality.
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Meadowland (The Pasture)
Henri Rousseau, 1910
