Henri Émilien Rousseau
Henri Émilien Rousseau (17 December 1875, Cairo – 28 March 1933, Aix-en-Provence) was a French painter, graphic artist and illustrator; best known for his Orientialist scenes featuring horses and riders.
Biography
He was the eldest of nine children born to Léon Rousseau (1840-1911), an engineer who participated in the construction of the
Versailles.[2]
In 1894, he decided to pursue a career in the arts and, with a recommendation from
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. While there, Gérôme was one of his instructors. After receiving an award at the Salon of 1900, the Académie des Beaux-Arts provided him with a travel grant.[3] He used the grant to visit Belgium, Holland, Spain, Tunis and, eventually, Algeria. The resulting works were presented at the Armory Show in 1913.[4]
He returned to North Africa numerous times between 1920 and 1932; visiting Tunisia, Algeria and, especially, Morocco, which he visited five times.[5]
Displeased with city life in Paris, he moved his family to Aix-en-Provence in 1919, where he joined the
Occitan cultural organization) and became Vice-President of the local art academy in 1932. His work was virtually forgotten after his death, but an "Henri Rousseau Association" was created in 1994. It has held major retrospectives in Toulouse (1997) and Aix (2007). The Musée Granet has a large collection of his works.[1]
Gallery
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Arab Horseman with a Falcon -
Arab cavaliers near a mausoleum -
Evening at the Gates ofMeknès, 1925
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References
Further reading
- Paul Ruffie, Henri Emilien Rousseau, le génie orientaliste (1875-1933), Privat, 2015. ISBN 978-2-7089-8217-8
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henri Émilien Rousseau.
- More works by Rousseau @ ArtNet
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