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-> Henri Rousseau was born on 21 May 1844 in Laval, Mayenne, France and died 2 September 1910
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From 1886, he exhibited regularly in the Salon des Indépendants, and, although his work was not placed prominently, it drew an increasing following over the years. Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) was exhibited in 1891, and Rousseau received his first serious review when the young artist Félix Vallotton wrote: "His tiger surprising its prey ought not to be missed; it's the alpha and omega of painting." Yet it was more than a decade before Rousseau returned to depicting his vision of jungles.[4]

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Henri Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time. Ridiculed during his lifetime by critics,

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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve manner He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector.
He was born in may 21, 1844 , Laval, France.

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Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. Rousseau was inspired by the jungle, but he never was there. His sources of imagination were illustrated books and visits to the Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Paris. He also used images from a drawing book of his daughter. His parents were Éléonore Guiard and Julien Rousseau.

Henri Rousseau painted 123 artworks and almost all were based on nature .

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Henri Rousseau at the age of nineteen  started studying law and worked for a lawyer. However, his career path changed when he committed a perjury lying under oath and was arrested. To avoid serving a jail sentence, Henri enlisted in the French army for seven years service in 1863.

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"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see. ..."

(BY - Henri Rousseau)

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Rousseau was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, in 1844 into the family of a tinsmith; he was forced to work there as a small boy. He attended Laval High School as a day student, and then as a boarder after his father became a debtor and his parents had to leave the town upon the seizure of their house. Though mediocre in some of his high school subjects, Rousseau won prizes for drawing and music.
He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

"Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle"

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Henri Rousseau is a French artist who is who is considered the archetype of the modern naive artist . some of his paintings were Carnival Evening

He was born in in May 21, 1844
He died in Sept. 2, 1910