Henri Rousseau (1)Critiques

A nice book, featuring several essays that provide a biography of Rousseau and the context for his work, lots of additional notes, and 66 color plates with analysis. His story is compelling, and there is such a haunting beauty to his best work, but there are aspects of the critical response to his art I agreed with as well, though not in the cruel, withering forms it took in his day. Rousseau was often awkward and childlike in his technique, even though he at least sometimes used a pantograph to help, and quite a bit of his work just doesn’t move me. If you’re a fan, though, this is the book for you.

My favorites:
A Carnival Evening (1886)
Rendezvous in the Forest (1889)
Walking in the Forest (1886)
The Sleeping Gypsy (1897)

Wonderful paintings.

great book. it gave me a better appreciation of rousseau.

Overview of the artist's career, selected catalogue, including biography

the book was quite good but the layout was terrible. always flipping back and forth to look at pictures. why can't the pictures be on the page talking about them???? is this something that's only been figured out in this century?

Insightful documentary of the extraordinary artist's work and life. I learned a lot in a most enjoyable way.

25.00