Henri Rousseau
Henri Rousseau
I would classify Henri Rousseau as a post-impressionist painter who painted in a naïve manner. Different sources classify him into different art periods. Post-impressionism is a period of art that lasted between 1880 and 1910. Impressionism, which lasted between 1860 and 1900, was the predecessor of Post-Impressionism. In my opinion Impressionism is a reflection to some extent of how society worked during the 19th century. After my research it appears that life in 19th century France was divided into significant social classes and image was a very important as most aspired an aristocratic lifestyle. “Of Impressionism they say, pretty like a bird signs, but no significant content.” The art during the Impressionism period could be a reflection of society, as it is very beautiful, but lacks self-expression. One piece of work looks like the other. Post-impressionism is a response to the social issues that occurred during that time and felt like prisoners of social standard. They started on the fringes of Impressionism, but struggled for self-expression. To find escape they turned to more primitive painting. The exotic became very appealing, as it was so different from what they knew. Even though not all artists during the 19th century painted primitive art like Henri Rousseau or Paul Gauguin, a great deal of painters were influenced by African tribal art and Japanese silk paintings like Vincent van Gogh for example.
Henri Rousseau romanticizes wilderness and nature in his paintings depicting exotic jungle fantasies.
The setting of “the snake charmer” is in the edge of a river and the edge of the jungle on a full moon evening. The snake charmer is standing between two worlds; the river and the jungle, which gives the painting a magical and dreamlike quality. The full moon on the sky makes it clear that it is twilight, but the reflected moonlight on the lake gives the impression that it could be dawn as well. The Snake charmer is standing
I would classify Henri Rousseau as a post-impressionist painter who painted in a naïve manner. Different sources classify him into different art periods. Post-impressionism is a period of art that lasted between 1880 and 1910. Impressionism, which lasted between 1860 and 1900, was the predecessor of Post-Impressionism. In my opinion Impressionism is a reflection to some extent of how society worked during the 19th century. After my research it appears that life in 19th century France was divided into significant social classes and image was a very important as most aspired an aristocratic lifestyle. “Of Impressionism they say, pretty like a bird signs, but no significant content.” The art during the Impressionism period could be a reflection of society, as it is very beautiful, but lacks self-expression. One piece of work looks like the other. Post-impressionism is a response to the social issues that occurred during that time and felt like prisoners of social standard. They started on the fringes of Impressionism, but struggled for self-expression. To find escape they turned to more primitive painting. The exotic became very appealing, as it was so different from what they knew. Even though not all artists during the 19th century painted primitive art like Henri Rousseau or Paul Gauguin, a great deal of painters were influenced by African tribal art and Japanese silk paintings like Vincent van Gogh for example.
Henri Rousseau romanticizes wilderness and nature in his paintings depicting exotic jungle fantasies.
The setting of “the snake charmer” is in the edge of a river and the edge of the jungle on a full moon evening. The snake charmer is standing between two worlds; the river and the jungle, which gives the painting a magical and dreamlike quality. The full moon on the sky makes it clear that it is twilight, but the reflected moonlight on the lake gives the impression that it could be dawn as well. The Snake charmer is standing