Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

1885·Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash·15.2 × 11.5 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1885
Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash
Dimensions: 15.2 × 11.5 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Henri Rousseau

Artist

Henri Rousseau

Painting

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. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

Laval, France

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