Henri Rousseau.

Auteur/Redacteur:ADRIANI, Gotz
Plaats: New Haven / London
Uitgever: Yale University Press
Jaartal: 2001
Collatie: 282pp.
Uitvoering: Hardcover with original wrappers.
ISBN: 0300090552
Rubriek: Franse kunst, Kunst
Filiaal: Tilburg
Verkoopprijs: € 35.00

Beschrijving:

Adriani tells Rousseau's strange life story: his petty bourgeois background, his attempts to establish himself as an independent artist after leaving the customs office, and his reaction to the derision with which his art was greeted in his own time. Adriani discusses the paradox that Rousseau had reactionary views about art and politics but was taken up by the French avant-garde. He describes Rousseau's particular brand of visual and conceptual realism and the way he set the exotic animals, figures, and plants of his dreams against the bland background of the Parisian suburbs. He explains Rousseau's contact with Alfred Jarry, Apollinaire, Picasso, and other artists of the Parisian avant- garde. Finally, he examines a selection of little-known and well-known paintings, provides details about their subjects, provenance, and reception, and shows how they influenced other artists.