Hikers climbing up to a Mountain Chalet
Henri Rousseau · c. 1888 · Black crayon, with graphite, heightened with white chalk and white pencil, on tan wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Hikers climbing up to a Mountain Chalet is a public-domain drawing by Henri Rousseau, dated c. 1888. Black crayon, with graphite, heightened with white chalk and white pencil, on tan wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Hikers climbing up to a Mountain Chalet” (c. 1888) was made in Paris. When Rousseau paints a jungle, the plants and animals come from the botanical garden, prints, and taxidermy, not from a trip.
About the artist
Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), called Le Douanier, was a French painter who worked outside the academy. He painted sharp, still portraits and jungle scenes made in Paris from the botanical garden, picture books, and taxidermy, not from travel.
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