Henri Rousseau: The Jungle Paintings
- ISBN-10
- 1854376403
- ISBN-13
- 9781854376404
- Series
- Henri Rousseau
- Category
- Jungle animals in art
- Pages
- 95
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing(UK)
- Authors
- Henri Rousseau, Harald Eggebrecht
Description
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) never visited the tropics or saw a jungle in real life, anymore than he studied the wild animals he painted in their natural habitat. Rousseau's jungle paintings were the fantasies of a city dweller, constructed from visits to the Botanical Gardens in Paris, from books and from his vivid imagination. Nevertheless they have struck a chord with succeeding generations of viewers, offering a dream of escape from banal reality to an exotic and savage realm. In this beautiful miniature gift book the jungle paintings are reproduced in all their full, jewel-like colour, along with details highlighting the intricacy of the painter's extraordinary vision, and a brief explanatory text. A perfect and affordable introduction to the unique world of Henri Rousseau.
