Wednesday, March 12, 2 – 3pm
Henri Rousseau. Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest (detail), 1905. The Barnes Foundation, BF388. Public Domain.
Free; registration required.
About the Tour
This exclusive virtual collection tour focuses on works by Henri Rousseau.
Rousseau became a full-time artist at the age of 49, after retiring from his post at the Paris customs office—a job that prompted his famous nickname, Le Douanier (“the toll collector”). The self-taught Rousseau is known for his sumptuously colored compositions of exotic creatures in luscious settings. Whether portraits or landscapes, his paintings are filled with detailed plant life worked with painstaking precision. His fabulous foliage was sometimes inspired by visits to botanical gardens, but often the flowers and plants are pure invention.
Registrants will be emailed a link for the tour the day prior.
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Members-Only Online Tour: Wicked Paris: The Lure of Montmartre
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