The Wedding Party
1905 Musée de l'Orangerie
About this artwork
This oil painting depicts a wedding group posed formally in a lush, stylized garden setting, accompanied by a small black dog in the foreground. It exemplifies the artist's signature flat perspective and meticulous, simplified forms.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau, a self-taught customs inspector known as 'Le Douanier', became a cult figure for the Parisian avant-garde, including Picasso and Kandinsky, who admired the purity and 'primitive' charm of his work. Despite the sophisticated art circles he moved in, Rousseau's style remained stubbornly detached from academic rules, resulting in the dreamlike, suspended quality seen in this wedding portrait.
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The Wedding Party
Henri Rousseau, 1905
