Honri Rousseau

Hello readers,

Today in term 4 in art  I am going to tell you about Honri Rousseau people did not like is art and did not have enough many to go to art school. the reason he likes art is because  when he goes throe the park. the video that i watched was 6 minute. here is how he died. Hospital Necker. he was 66 years old when he died. here are five facts 

1. Rousseau was born in 1884 and grew up in a small town in Laval, France to a plumber family. He studied law but excelled in drawing and was completely self-taught.

2. The artist didn’t begin seriously painting until in his forties. He worked office jobs to support himself, including a job as a tax collector that earned him the nickname “Le Douanier.”

3.He married his first wife Clemence Boitard in 1868 and had nine children but of the nine only one child survived. Tuberculosis was rampant during that period and would eventually claim his wife, too, in 1888.

4.From 1886, Rousseau’s exhibited in the Salon des Indépendants, known to showcase artists like Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, and Paul Gauguin. With his seemingly naïve style, Rousseau’s work was never taken seriously by critics.

5.At age 49, he retired from his job to fully work on his art. Musically talented as well, he played violin on the streets to support himself. Rousseau even composed a waltz for his first wife.

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