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Henri Rousseau was a French painter who lived from 1844 to 1910 and became known for his distinctive style of imaginative scenes, often featuring jungle landscapes and exotic subjects despite never traveling to those places. His work was initially dismissed by critics but later recognized as pioneering and influential, helping to shape modern art movements through his unique approach to composition and color.
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- 1844-05-21
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- 1919-09-02
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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau ( French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒyljɛ̃ feliks ʁuso]; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.
Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. Rousseau's work exerted an extensive influence on several generations of avant-garde artists.
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