Henri Rousseau
Painting, Visual Artist
1844 – 1910
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Who was Henri Rousseau?
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector. Ridiculed during his lifetime, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.
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- Born
- May 21, 1844
Laval - Also known as
- Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Laval
- Died
- Sep 2, 1910
Paris - Resting place
- Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
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on July 23, 2013
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