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28/10/2024
Your daily reminder that Henri Rousseau was an amateur, self-taught artist but still created one of the most popular paintings of the 19th century ✨
Rousseau was born in 1844. A self-taught artist who took up painting as a hobby, claiming he had ‘no teacher other than nature.’ However, Rousseau took his painting very seriously, despite facing ridicule from some quarters. A number of artist and writers, particularly from the avant-garde, hailed him as an important figure. Among these was the young Pablo Picasso, who bought a portrait by Rousseau. He is now seen as a pioneer of ‘naïve art’: https://bit.ly/2zBccPq
