Do you know 10 facts about henri rousseau?
1. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) 2. He was born in Laval, Mayenne. 3. He died in Paris, France. 4. He was a French Post-Impressionist painter in the Naive or Primitive manner. 5. He did not have any formal training, he was self taught. 6. He worked in a lawyers office, and also as a government employee before he started painting seriously. 7. After retirement in 1893, he supplemented his small pension with part-time jobs and work such as playing a violin in the streets. 8. His best known paintings depict jungle scenes, even though he never left France or saw a jungle. 9. Pablo Picasso admired his work. 10.
