The Child with the Doll
1892 Musée de l'Orangerie
About this artwork
This portrait features a young child with disproportionate facial features holding a simple doll and a single white flower, set against a flat, bright blue sky. The work is characteristic of the artist's self-taught, visionary approach to figure painting.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau was a self-taught customs official who did not begin painting full-time until he retired at the age of 49. Because he lacked formal academic training, his works were often mocked by contemporary critics, but they later became highly influential among modernists like Picasso, who admired the raw, unfiltered honesty and dreamlike quality of his vision.
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The Child with the Doll
Henri Rousseau, 1892
