Myself: Portrait – Landscape
1890 National Gallery Prague
About this artwork
This self-portrait depicts the artist Henri Rousseau standing in a landscape featuring the Eiffel Tower, a ship, and a hot air balloon. It is an oil on canvas painting that reflects his distinct, self-taught style.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau was a self-taught artist who worked as a toll collector, earning him the nickname 'Le Douanier' (The Customs Officer). Despite the mockery of contemporary critics who viewed his style as simplistic and childlike, his work was later championed by avant-garde masters like Pablo Picasso, who saw in his raw, visionary aesthetic a profound liberation from traditional academic constraints.
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Myself: Portrait – Landscape
Henri Rousseau, 1890
