Rousseau

Henri Rousseau
1844-1910

French Painter
Nickname: Le Douanier Rousseau
Naive (untrained) Artist- He took up painting as a hobby
Began painting at age 40
The scenes of his paintings vary but he is best known for his jungle scenes 49 of his paintings were on exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
in Washington, D.C. from July 6, 2006 through October 15, 2006

Rousseau's works are great tools to integrate across the curriculum at any age or grade level!

A Few Jungle Scenes:

Tropical Forest with Monkeys (1910)

$Rousseau - Art Talk$ Exotic Landscape (1908)

Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest (1905)

Rousseau - Art Talk

Exotic Landscape (1908)

To view more of his other types of paintings, see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29s6J69PwU

Be sure to visit http://www.nga.gov/kids/linkrousseau.htm

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Melflo

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Nov 27 2007, 10:51 PM EST by venet25

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I found this artist interesting because he started doing art in his spare time. I like that he became a famous artist and had no formal training. His jungle scences are very colorful.

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Nov 27 2007, 8:16 PM EST by brianae1

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I love his artwork. All of his paintings look so real and it depicts nature so well. I think his work can be used in Science for Kindergarteners.

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Nov 27 2007, 8:06 PM EST by sdj306

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I study Art Appreciation at a Junior College I attended several years ago and I liked Roussea's work. Today I find his works are great tools to integrate across the curriculum for any grade and especially for beginning teachers.