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Henri Rousseau

Henri Rousseau

1844–1910
Laval, France
PaintingPrimitivismSurrealismCubism
Representation
None documented
49
Institutional Exhibitions
26
Works in Collection
58
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Movements
  • • Primitivism
  • • Surrealism
  • • Cubism
  • • Abstract Art
  • • Impressionism
Related Artists
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Henri Rousseau
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
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Alfred H. Barr, Jr., 1902�1981
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981
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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1980–1981
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Dream/Reality/Dream
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976–1977
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Movement
Primitivism
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Institutional

Museum Collections

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Artworks (26)

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Images

18 assets
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The Repast of the Lion (Met Museum)
Met Museum
Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Oak from Rocks (1861)
Art Institute of Chicago
Fishing Boats at Granville (c. 1851–52)
Art Institute of Chicago
Cherry Tree at Plante à Biau (1862)
Art Institute of Chicago
In the Forest of Fontainbleau (c. 1850)
Art Institute of Chicago
Landscape (c. 1860)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Movements and affiliations

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Primitivism
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Surrealism
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CU
Cubism
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AB
Abstract Art
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Impressionism
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Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
In collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
In collection
National Gallery of Art
In collection
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Exhibitions and timeline

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Solo ExhibitionHenri Rousseau
New York · 1985
Group ExhibitionAlfred H. Barr, Jr., 1902�1981
New York · 1981
Group ExhibitionMasterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries
New York · 1980
Group ExhibitionDream/Reality/Dream
New York · 1977
Group ExhibitionEuropean Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II
New York · 1976
Group ExhibitionPhiladelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
New York · 1972