The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre
1908 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
An oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a path alongside a fence with distinctively stylized trees. The work is characterized by the artist's signature flat, self-taught stylistic approach.
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Henri Rousseau, often known as 'Le Douanier' due to his former career as a toll collector, was a self-taught painter who became a key figure in the development of modern art. His unique, childlike style was initially mocked by contemporary critics but was later championed by avant-garde artists like Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky, who saw his work as a source of raw, unmediated creativity.
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The Banks of the Bièvre near Bicêtre
Henri Rousseau, 1908
