River and Park Landscape
Henri Rousseau · 1885/90 · Pen and black inks and lead white gouache, with graphite on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on cream card
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
River and Park Landscape is a public-domain drawing by Henri Rousseau, dated 1885/90. Pen and black inks and lead white gouache, with graphite on tan wove paper, perimeter mounted on cream card. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“River and Park Landscape” (1885/90) 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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