The Snake Charmer - Henri Rousseau

The subject of this work is thus born in the mind of Henri Rousseau from a story and an environment that he transposes very freely while using Western myths: the earthly paradise, the good savage. The exuberant vegetation, inspired by real varieties but arranged according to the fantasy of the painter, constitutes a dreamlike image of the jungle. The style of this work is new: frank and dense colors, backlighting, a line both naive and precise, a vertical composition, an innovative asymmetry. The colours remind us of those used in The Dream.
The artwork in a nutshell
The subject of this work is thus born in the mind of Henri Rousseau from a story and an environment that he transposes very freely while using Western myths: the earthly paradise, the good savage. The exuberant vegetation, inspired by real varieties but arranged according to the fantasy of the painter, constitutes a dreamlike image of the jungle. The style of this work is new: frank and dense colors, backlighting, a line both naive and precise, a vertical composition, an innovative asymmetry. The colours remind us of those used in The Dream.
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