06 July 2013

Le Douanier des bouquets

Bouquet of flowers with an ivy branch (1909)


Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a fauvist primitive painter. Ridiculed during his lifetime, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. His best known paintings depict jungle scenes. But he also created wonderful bouquets of flowers.


A harmonious result is achieved when balance, scale, repetition, rhythm and proportion all effectively work together.
– Paula Pryke, florist



Bouquet of flowers with China asters and Tokyos (1910)


Bouquet of flowers (1909)


Bouquet of flowers (1909-10)


Bouquet of flowers with an ivy branch (1909)


Bouquet of flowers (1910)


Bouquet of flowers


Click here to digitally color the Lotus flowers of Henri Rousseau.



Lotus flowers