The Laundry Boat of Pont de Charenton
1895 Barnes Foundation
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a serene industrial river scene near Paris with a characteristic laundry boat, rendered in a distinctive, flat, and stylized manner. It is part of the collection at the Barnes Foundation.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau, known as 'Le Douanier' due to his career as a toll collector, was a self-taught artist whose lack of formal training led to the unique, dreamlike perspective seen in this work. Despite being mocked by contemporary critics for his simplified forms and lack of traditional depth, he became a hero to the avant-garde, including Pablo Picasso and other modernists who admired his raw and visionary approach to painting.
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The Laundry Boat of Pont de Charenton
Henri Rousseau, 1895
