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Henri Rousseau

Henri Rousseau

1844–1910

WA-00016736

Laval, France

PaintingPrimitivismSurrealismCubism

Representation

None documented

49

Institutional Exhibitions

26

Works in Collection

58

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ156386

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Henri Rousseau

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Alfred H. Barr, Jr., 1902�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Dream/Reality/Dream

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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European Master Paintings from Swiss Collections: Post-Impressionism to World War II

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976–1977

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Philadelphia in New York: 90 Modern Works from the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972–1973

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Naive Painting: A Selection from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

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The Artist as Adversary

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1957–1958

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Paintings from Private Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

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Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection: New Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/henri-rousseau
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5056
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

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Movement

Primitivism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (26)

Tropical Forest with Monkeys

Tropical Forest with Monkeys

1910 · oil on canvas

overall: 129.5 × 162.5 cm (51 × 64 in.) framed: 152.4 × 182.25 × 12.07 cm (60 × 71 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

The Waterfall

1910 · Oil on canvas

116.2 × 150.2 cm (45 3/4 × 59 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dream

1910 · Oil on canvas

6' 8 1/2" x 9' 9 1/2" (204.5 x 298.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Equatorial Jungle

The Equatorial Jungle

1909 · oil on canvas

overall: 140.6 x 129.5 cm (55 3/8 x 51 in.) framed: 151.8 x 141.3 x 6.9 cm (59 3/4 x 55 5/8 x 2 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Bouquet of Flowers

Bouquet of Flowers

1909 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 610 x 495 mm frame: 847 x 730 x 95 mm

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

1908 · oil on fabric

Framed: 183 x 203 x 4.5 cm (72 1/16 x 79 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 170 x 189.5 cm (66 15/16 x 74 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo

1908 · oil on fabric

Oak Branch

1907 · Pen and gray ink on cream wove paper

15.9 × 10.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dahlia and Daisies in a Vase

Dahlia and Daisies in a Vase

1904 · Oil on canvas

33 × 24.1 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sleeping Gypsy

The Sleeping Gypsy

1897 · Oil on canvas

51" x 6' 7" (129.5 x 200.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Outskirts of Paris

Outskirts of Paris

1897 · oil on fabric

Framed: 56.5 x 65.5 x 8 cm (22 1/4 x 25 13/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 37.8 x 45.8 cm (14 7/8 x 18 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Outskirts of Paris

Outskirts of Paris

1897 · oil on fabric

Self-Portrait

1895 · pen and brown ink on brown wove paper

overall: 13.6 x 10 cm (5 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Boy on the Rocks

Boy on the Rocks

1895 · oil on linen

overall: 55.4 x 45.7 cm (21 13/16 x 18 in.) framed: 84.1 x 74.3 cm (33 1/8 x 29 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

La Guerre (The War)

La Guerre (The War)

1895 · photomechanical relief print on red coated wove paper

sheet: 32.5 × 49.9 cm (12 13/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

War

1895 · Lithograph

composition: 8 3/4 x 13 1/16" (22.2 x 33.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WAR (double page fold-out plate, between pages 102 and 103) from L'YMAGIER, Tome Ier, No.2

1895 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 8 5/8 x 12 3/4" (21.9 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The War

1894 · lithograph

Sheet: 25.7 x 38.5 cm (10 1/8 x 15 3/16 in.); Image: 22 x 32.5 cm (8 11/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

War

1894 · Lithograph in black on orange wove paper

Image: 22.1 × 32.6 cm (8 3/4 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 38.4 cm (10 1/8 × 15 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The War

1894 · lithograph

Rendezvous in the Forest

Rendezvous in the Forest

1889 · oil on canvas

overall: 92 x 73 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.) framed: 107.9 x 89.5 x 8.8 cm (42 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 3 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris

1888 · Oil on canvas

25.5 × 45.5 cm (10 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris

Sawmill, Outskirts of Paris

1888 · Oil on canvas

25.5 × 45.5 cm (10 × 17 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

Mess Downstream, the Auteuil Quai

1885 · Pen and black ink and brush and brown wash, on cream wove paper, toned with a brown wash

15.2 × 11.5 cm (6 × 4 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (6)

26 published of 35 catalogued · 33 with image

Art Institute Chicago
9 publishedof 14 catalogued14 img
Nga
6 published6 img
MoMA
4 publishedof 8 catalogued6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
Unknown
3 published3 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

The War
1894 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo
1908 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Outskirts of Paris
1897 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Bouquet of Flowers
1909 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

18 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Repast of the Lion (Met Museum)

Met Museum

Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo (1908)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Oak from Rocks (1861)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fishing Boats at Granville (c. 1851–52)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cherry Tree at Plante à Biau (1862)

Art Institute of Chicago

In the Forest of Fontainbleau (c. 1850)

Art Institute of Chicago

Landscape (c. 1860)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

12

Movements6

Primitivism Surrealism Cubism Abstract Art Impressionism Post-Impressionism

Collections6

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate