This introductory book presents his most important and celebrated works to explore an oeuvre of sublime and haunting influence and a trailblazer of Romantic aesthetics

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Rousseau (English) VERSACE This introductory book presents hisHenri Rousseau claimed he had no teacher other than nature. A retired customs official who only began painting in his late 40s, his simple, bold paintings of exotic flora and fauna attracted public derision at first, but went on to gain adulation from Picasso, the Surrealists, and long beyond. This dependable introduction explores the makings of this late blooming artist and his legacy as an unlikely hero of modernism .