Toll Gate
1890 Courtauld Institute of Art
About this artwork
This oil on canvas painting depicts a toll gate structure set within a stylized, flattened landscape with distinct industrial elements in the background. It is a characteristic example of the artist's self-taught approach to perspective and detailed, rhythmic forms.
Did you know?
Henri Rousseau, often called 'Le Douanier' because of his job as a toll collector in Paris, frequently incorporated toll gates into his imaginative landscapes. Although he is often labeled a Post-Impressionist, his highly individualistic, dreamlike style is more accurately categorized as Naïve Art. Despite receiving little formal training and facing ridicule from critics during his lifetime, he became a major inspiration for early 20th-century avant-garde artists like Picasso.
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Toll Gate
Henri Rousseau, 1890
