Quai d'Ivry
1907 Artizon Museum
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a quiet quayside scene near the Seine with a dirigible floating in the sky above a factory and residential buildings. It is a characteristic example of the artist's simplified, dreamlike approach to landscape painting.
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Henri Rousseau, a self-taught tax collector, was known for his flat, visionary style that predated modern surrealism. In this piece, he includes a dirigible, which reflects the period's fascination with burgeoning aviation technology, set against the backdrop of a mundane industrial landscape.
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Quai d'Ivry
Henri Rousseau, 1907
