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Article: The Imaginary World of Henri Rousseau.(artist)
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- School Arts
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- March 1, 1999
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Most accounts of Henri Rousseau either mention or allude to his naivete and his child-like innocence. While Rousseau's work was not easily classified into any definitive artistic style of the time -- impressionism, post-impressionism, fauvism or cubism -- it has been considered a forerunner of surrealism because of its dream-like sensibility. Rousseau showed his paintings at progressive exhibitions such as the Salon des Independants and the Salon d'Automne. Although critics ridiculed his efforts, he never lost confidence in his own ability and even saved his reviews in a scrapbook. He was a favorite of the Parisian avant-garde artists and literary figures who admired his ...
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