Jungle Cats
by Don McCunn
Title
Jungle Cats
Artist
Don McCunn
Medium
Photograph
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A toll collector in Paris, Henri Rousseau did not start painting seriously until his early forties.
Critics condemned his work as childish. Stumbling upon one of Rousseau’s paintings being sold as canvas to be painted over, however, Pablo Picasso recognized the self-taught artist’s genius.
Rousseau’s inspiration came from books and the botanical gardens in Paris. He said, "When I go into the glass houses and I see the strange plants of exotic lands, it seems to me that I enter into a dream."
"The Dream" was his final painting.
(Excerpt from the book "Revisiting the Classics.")
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April 23rd, 2013
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