The Banks of the Oise
1907 Fogg Museum
About this artwork
This landscape features stylized trees and cattle in a tranquil meadow along the Oise river, typical of Rousseau's distinctively flat, dream-like perspective. The work is held in the collection of the Fogg Museum at Harvard Art Museums.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau, known as 'Le Douanier' due to his former career as a customs official, was a self-taught artist whose lack of formal training resulted in a unique, highly recognizable style. His work was often ridiculed by contemporary critics for its perceived clumsiness, yet he was deeply admired by avant-garde masters like Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky, who saw a profound, sophisticated innocence in his vision.
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The Banks of the Oise
Henri Rousseau, 1907
