Scene in Bagneux on the Outskirts of Paris
1909 Ohara Museum of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a pastoral scene on the outskirts of Paris featuring a cow, haystacks, and a church steeple in the distance. The work is characteristic of Rousseau's self-taught, dreamlike aesthetic.
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Henri Rousseau, a self-taught toll collector who painted in his spare time, is famously known as 'Le Douanier.' Despite his lack of formal art education, his bold and simplified style deeply influenced the modern art movement, earning the admiration of major figures like Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky.
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Scene in Bagneux on the Outskirts of Paris
Henri Rousseau, 1909
