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| Rousseau was a post-impressionist painter from France. He mainly painted in oils and was well know for his child-like, primitive style. Personally, I love it. The above image is interesting; especially how the sun is represented. The animals are very story-bookly illustrated - they are quite flat yet eye-catching. The flowers somewhat over-ride all other plants within the composition and it doesn't seem to have a tight structure to the over-all composition. |
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| The foreground plants seemingly have the most light, because they're much brighter than the background imagery. The left hand setting of the female laid, naked within the botanics; contradicts the style that Henri Rousseau has. His work, being naive, contradicts with this particular piece because you wouldn't really expect such work to have a female completely nude in the composition. However, not that you can probably see due to the somewhat racist approach, there is a native man(?) within the background. The effect of having a white lady in the corner, naked, looking generically delicate yet confident; yet a male(?) who is of a different race merely showing through only by his clothing and flute, may suggest white supremacy. Again, there are some animals creeping around. |
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| To sum up - Rousseau was somebody who created primitive paintings that were rather flat and looked a lot like collages. They were incredibly interesting and were of questionable meaning - especially due to them being created in France, late 1800's/early 1900's where times were questionable due to racial segregation within the world, a peak in male supremacy and money - but there's no disputing that all his work, where positively looking, are of aesthetic satisfaction and intricacy. |
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