Explore the Enchanted World of Henri Rousseau: An Artistic Odyssey Through the Jungle of Imagination

[@karllieck9064]

When I saw my first Rousseau painting, I was immediately attracted to his style and the mysterious moods he created within them. His work is undeniably original, fresh, dreamlike and so recognizable. So glad the world finally gave him his due recognition.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very right, sometimes too much training can lead to sterility.

[@giovannianthony1675]

instablaster...

[@lanceburris7850]

I am a writer and painter. I think your delivery and content are outstanding. While I am familiar with art history, the way you charmingly present the information is extremely entertaining.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you!

[@DoubleRainbows-fp6ih]

I agree.

[@DonyaLane]

I think of Rousseau as the original "Outside" artist. I found your channel, because I design wearable bead art, and the piece I'm working on reminded me of Rousseau, so I decided to turn to him for further inspiration. It always breaks my heart when a talented person dies penniless and without being recognized.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Yes, it is sad when artists die penniless.

[@Ben_Rothenburg_]

This is probably one of the truest things anyone has said about Henri Rousseau tbh, I like to think of him as someone like Daniel Johnston or Ed Wood. He had an amazing vision of the world and clearly had something to say, but no one bothered to understand until after he died.

[@usheilan8713]

@@Ben_Rothenburg_ Yes and hearing how Picasso treated him when is was young is shameful and doesnt say much for Picasso.

[@enragedkaiser237]

His paintings remind me of japanese woodblock prints and paintings, they give off the same energy

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think you may have a point.

[@elizdonovan5650]

Love the way you bring the artists to life with details of their life interspersed with commentary about the paintings. Thank you. ☘️🌝🌲

[@ArtHistorySchool]

My pleasure 😊 Glad you like my videos. Cheers Paul

[@louietalkstorque8854]

Henri is a very interesting artist because he has a realistic touch on his artwork and at the same time it is cartoon-like.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was a great artist. Cheers

[@maggieadams8600]

I think Picasso probably really did admire the naive art of Rousseau, having watched your video about him yesterday and seen what a brilliantly accomplished artist he was as a child, his dad being an an art teacher and all, and how later in life he expressed the desire to paint like a child, it looks to me like he regretted not going through the phase of drawing like a child and admired art that from those that had and still retained it.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think you are right. Picasso once said, 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.'

[@aslankulekci369]

​@@ArtHistorySchoolingilizce öğrenmem yıllarımı alır ama türkçe altyazı bir kaç dakikanızı alır. Sevgiler.😊

[@lynnharper4422]

I smiled my way through this,, not laughing at him but loving the paintings and the facts Paul gives us, most of which I had not heard before, lovely to see paintings that are new to me too. Many Thanks

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Hi Lynn, glad you enjoyed my tutorial. Rousseau's work is certainly brilliant. Cheers

[@azuraroycroft2419]

I love his artwork, looks whimsical to me 😊

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Ut does have that quality about it. Cheers

[@lanceburris7850]

You are a marvelous storyteller. You put so much information in a small amount of space and time.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. Cheers

[@jimmhughey1006]

Amazing story. A reminder of the twists of fate. As a younger man I had aspirations for fame as an artist. Alas I have settled for my own version of ECLECTIC ART with my penchant for humor, color and encouraging others. In 2015 I started doing my own version of painted BD cards for members of my department at the hospitals where I serve. This is my way of honoring others and attempting to capture significant moments of their lives. It is for fun, for acknowledgement, experimentation, and any effort to learn an array of perspectives and techniques. I remain a LONG way from any form of mastery, but the journey is exciting and rewarding nevertheless! Thank you Paul once again

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome Jimm. I bet your colleagues love your cards. Cheers

[@sylvain_st_pierre_2019]

Absolutely amazing and touching story. Thank you sir.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@petalrabbit9732]

Thanks. I am learning about Henri Rousseau for art class and this told me everything I needed to know. Why are there 25 dislikes on such an informative and interesting video? Everybody subscribe!!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

People have different opinions, just got to accept that. Thanks for your comment. Cheers Paul

[@yousseflashin7956]

I agree

[@AliciaSotomayordotcom]

Some people just cannot appreciate beauty. These people are like the judge of The Salon of Paris in the last part of the 1800’s who refused art that is loved all over the world today.

[@nicolamcilhagga194]

i most certainly will not 'like' or 'subscribe'

[@petalrabbit9732]

@@nicolamcilhagga194 uhhh

[@zsuzsablom6256]

My day begins with one of your artist videos and a cup of coffee. A fine start I think! Thank you.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wonderful! Cheers

[@emmajohnson742]

Fantastic video perfect to explain Rousseau to my daughter for school. Thank you so much

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You're very welcome! Cheers

[@cristinadanacri8780]

Thank you for the stories! Some of them I watched twice. This one is so interesting!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you like my work. Rousseau is a fascinating character and his work is wonderful.

[@cristinadanacri8780]

Art History School We are lucky we can take painting lessons online, is a big help. Loved how he put himself in the Cart. And that Tiger. 🤔😘

[@derunwichtigekanal6697]

These videos are great. I'm not an artist but a competitive quizzer, so it's great to learn interesting new art facts. In fact I'm gonna compete in a quiz about art/culture later today. Greetings from Germany

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Really pleased you liked the video, I have more on my channel if you haven't already viewed them. Greetings from England. Cheers Paul

[@cherylmccloud8709]

Love your work! Subject matter, research & presentation is fabulous.👏👌👍🏻💯.hi from Australia🖐

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you! 👍

[@Kyron4092]

Good morning Sir. I am so gratefull for your word. To show as the marvelours world of art. I am following your channel. I hope that you continuing to produce this important materials about the art and the knowledges about human beings. Thant you very much by Brazil.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for subscribing. Cheers from England

[@elizabethflynn8455]

He sounds great. Thanks for posting this.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you for watching.

[@voliabrandaolaveneremachad7849]

I really enjoyed to meet Rousseau! Thank you so much!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

My pleasure. Cheers

[@lastdays9163]

His work doesn't look naive, it looks completely intentional. If the aesthetic he was most drawn to was from illustration books from childhood it makes sense he would carry over those ideas into his work. A lot of the the styling and proportions are very reminiscent of illustrations from east Asia. I think the choices he made were not from lack of ability, but intentional and stylistic. Maybe Rousseau was actually the first pop artist.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Naive is a term often used in art for self-taught artists who do not adhere to the usual visual 'rules'. It is not a reflection the artist's creativity which in Rousseau's case was great.

[@donnamcdaid3510]

I am not an artist but I love drawing and painting. You just described, in few minutes, most of the strategies and subterfuges that I have to use to overcome the fact that I can`t draw. Being born under the same star sign as our beloved Henri Rousseau, does that mean that i stand some chances of becoming a great artist or are geminis all a fake? I am in stitches! jokes aside , thank you for your video, i love your clarity and conciseness.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your art.

[@mikeshockley3945]

That was OUTSTANDING!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. Cheers

[@hiroshiokudada]

I very like your channel! please keep posting videos to educate viewers about art/artist! thank you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you, glad you like the videos. if you have the chance please share my channel with your friends. Thanks Paul

[@natashafranko4951]

Thank you very much , that was very interesting and enlightening. You do explain things really well. It is also fascinating to know more about artists who lnew each other and their interactions and influence.upon each other. Also not to have had any training and to still become an artist this msn really was following his passion no matter how hard it was to survive . I like at that eventually he had a proper grave with a lovely poem on it . Even though he does not know about it , its fitting his finally put at rest by those who did appreciate him in the end . That is heart warming

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you for your kind comment, much appreciated. Cheers

[@StarDancersHariKrishna]

Really informative! Helped me in my Art exam. And who all are watching this in 2021?

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@heleynedaigle7021]

Beaucoup apprécié , 🙏 the vibrant way 🤗 you depict Rousseau 👌 Grand MERCI 💝 de Québec 🌏 Canada ‼️

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you for comment, much appreciated. Cheers

[@Captain_Turbo3]

really good paintings look amazing and the facts brilliant

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@EraVenator]

I have The Sleeping Gypsy (not full size unfortunately) and I adore it. It conveys so much beauty and peace to me. No one else that ever visits likes it, more like hates it. But his work certainly has a dreamlike quality that has somewhat become popular with some modern styles. He may not be technically good, but he makes me feel something and that is what matters to me.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are right, Rousseau wasn't a technically good artist, but he had this unique way of conveying emotion and feeling which is what makes him a great artist.

[@brendadrew834]

Merci beaucoup for sharing some very interesting facts and stories of Rousseau. Love his work, primitive it may be. He had a unique style! Proves one doesn't have to go to art school to become famous. Some did go to art schools , some didn't. And some famous painters like Gustav Klimt and Henri Matisse started out with very dark academic painting and then broke all the rules which is always fun to do! This professional artist/painter is still looking for ways to break some more art rules! lol

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it. I must admit to having a soft spot for Rousseau.

[@ReadingThing]

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You're very welcome!

[@sugandhraj7136]

Your explanation give me a tranquil feeling. Thank you & very informative.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome

[@sharonjack7239]

Another great video, Paul!! Thank you!! USA

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@novianovioTV]

I like Rousseau. I liked your video. He was refreshing - art should be personal. I much prefer people who do their own thing rather than checking what other people do and think and then sort of copying each other

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think you are right, I have always liked his idiosyncrasies, wonderful.

[@scusikathali]

Your videos and style of storytelling is art! =D Thank you

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you!

[@helpyourcattodrive]

I love henri Rousseau

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was great

[@ledlight6630]

Thanks I enjoyed the video very much 🙋‍♀️

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. Cheers

[@trudyrank7389]

Thank you, these are really great !

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you like them! Thanks

[@simsimahmadi9133]

Haha..he was charming and naive and real while being fake...that's genius. In the end his authenticity IS his mask, his deceipting character...Its still brilliant!! I laughed so much at your description of his naive ego too (the medal-Picasso story, putting himself in the cart..😄👏) I think all this is a cautionary tale to us artists not to fall for the ego trap and to avoid shortcuts and cheating and mistakes!!🙂🥳

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I would agree

[@simsimahmadi9133]

@@ArtHistorySchool oh thanks😀 sorry I meant no offense on dear Monet. For sure he was talented and I even loved his work at a time as I lived in USA and his work on posters are everywhere...it is just personally I felt they overrate him in particular there. As for borrowing money from friends, it would make sense it was for food or rent. Anyway I had no idea about that, and when you said he liked expensive coats. Well that turned me off. Also read elsewhere he was very jealous of other good artists and would put them down publicly. But I think they were all competitive. Its human nature.🙂have great day

[@paxwallacejazz]

"Rousseau walks on trumpet paths safaris to the heart of all that Jazz" Jonie Mitchell

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was a fabulous painter

[@tomrobinson1877]

Charming presentation, thanks

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you liked it! Cheers

[@gintaras58]

Factastic presentation! Thanks a lot!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you liked it! Cheers

[@joeswampdawghenry]

Rousseua was great!!! Good job!!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@cameronkrause4712]

i really liked the video-it made me feel very calm- thank you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it and that it had a nice calming influence. Cheers

[@lakshmanankomathmanalath]

Thank you.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@sayantidas462]

Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge sir..❤️thank you so so much..❤️

[@ArtHistorySchool]

It's my pleasure. Cheers

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

I love learning about these Artists. Haha he was a liar. 42? I am 50. I have no formal training. I copy from pictures. Exactly. Clever. I got hope . I have made mistakes too. I didn’t know that. I thought that he was famous. I did ❤️😉

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was a very naive character, no training, yet produced many great paintings. Hope for all of us.

[@canadianhappyinitalytruest6556]

I just love these videos! So informative and fun, like the art teacher we all wish we had (and my kids here in Italy wish they had!! Their teacher gives them tests about the history of the HB pencil instead of inspiring them to notice things in works of art. Sigh. I guess those who can’t do AND can’t teach, teach art… at least here in northern Italy.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you so much! I hope your kid's art teacher starts to inspire them soon.

[@kitkatmakesvideos4297]

I just watched this and smashes THE subscribe button :)

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@cinemanuggets24]

Thanks for this video. The storytelling is great

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you

[@MyDearMe]

You talk very interesting!! Thank you.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are welcome

[@AliciaSotomayordotcom]

Thank you. Engaging video of one of my favorite painters.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danfreisting2874]

Great video! Learned a lot

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

My favorite painter. I am a self taught pro musician. When I saw my first Rousseau I thought two things. This guy is a genius. This guy has never had a lesson in his life, LOL. Takes one to know one.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Sometimes there is a freshness about the work of those who haven't been through the art college system.

[@gomezkabuki]

Thanks for this amazing piece of information.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are welcome. Cheers Paul

[@vicentinrocha]

I really like you video. I’ve learned a lot. Thank you so much.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome

[@kimkhamis6420]

Great storyteller!!!...Please continue.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks. I shall continue to produce these videos, I have one coming out soon on Georgia O'Keeffe. Please subscribe and tell your friends about my channel. Cheers Paul

[@afb6001]

Artist in School I would also share with my friends but I have none

[@johnjones3714]

Very entertaining. What a character.

[@anthonycavallero6637]

That was so excellent..

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@DonnaSnyder]

That Picasso was a meanie!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was very young at the time.

[@dougalexander7204]

Dreams.... and thank you for this fine edutainment.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome

[@chandanapieris7473]

I love your channel Paul!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's wonderful, please tell your friends about it, cheers Paul

[@hopeful8975]

Too bad he wasn't living today, many self made artists are recognized for their originality. He would fit right in. I didn't even pay attention to his shortfalls in his paintings until they were pointed out...I like his work.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think today people appreciate that great art does not need to be 'photographic'

[@issupetros2337]

Thanks I needed this for homework

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's great. I hope you get a really high mark for your homework. Cheers Paul

[@conlangoodall5012]

me to i am in quarintine

[@고정애-g6c]

Hello! The contents of the video above about Rousseau - 10 really amazing facts about Henri Rousseau are educationally meaningful and I would like to use them in English class. If you give permission, it will be very helpful for class. Thank you.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You have my permission to use the video provided you put the following text in the description. 'The video of Henri Rousseau is kindly provided by Paul Priestley: kzbin.info ' Thanks Paul Priestley

[@BirsenOzbilgeArtistPainter]

Thanks a lot! Enjoyed it very much. liked & subscribed.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's brilliant, thanks for the sub too.

[@williamgorden3422]

Very good videos. Thank you for your research, your insights and for the high production value of the episodes. I would encourage any lover of Art to subscribe to, and to "like" them.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you for your kind comments. It's nice to know my efforts are appreciated. Cheers Paul

[@fabulouslyamanifauz6884]

Thanks for the facts because I needed it for my homework

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's great. I hope you do really well with your homework.

[@zz-he4uc]

Great information ,., thx,

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad it was helpful!

[@primsirinjirotephunt9806]

Fantastic

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@puza02101987]

Thank you soo much sir this was really interesting facts

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you liked it. Thank you

[@archiewoosung5062]

I used "Surprise! as the screensaver on my PC for a while...looked marvellous.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's great

[@mariaitziarcuestaaparicio9450]

Tenía mucho encanto !

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Gracias

[@marcoscastillojaen1888]

Un visionario, un iconoclasta, un proscrito...

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Que gran combinación de cualidades

[@sharon1775]

that was the best!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@ihopetowin]

Fact No. 11, Rousseau was a genius.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

True

[@morganolfursson2560]

Please tell me this video is aimed at kids and not just americains. There were a few mistakes. The biggest being that Picasso NEVER ridiculed Rousseau. Picasso adored Rousseau and talked about him to his last day. He also kept 4 paintings of Rousseau in his atelier until the day he died. Rousseau's painting was never naive, he changed art forever.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

The incident where Picasso presented Rousseau with a large hand painted cardboard medal in front of a large gathering of his friends is well documented. Maybe, you do not think that a young artist doing that to a rather gullible artist almost 40 years his senior wasn't making fun of him? It is true Picasso did own a number of Rousseau paintings because he admired his naivety in the sense that Rousseau was untrained and not restricted by an academic art education that Picasso had experienced. Picasso once said, 'I spent a life time learning to paint like a child.' Young children draw without using rulers, erasers and give no consideration to perspective, colour, form, tone, composition, structure etc., that artists tend to do. It was the freedom and spirit that young children adopt in their drawings that Picasso admired. It was that same spirit and freedom he saw in Rousseau's work. That is not to denigrate Rousseau it's just a fact. My videos are aimed at teenagers of all ages. I think that American's might find the implication of your first remark disingenuous.

[@morganolfursson2560]

​@@ArtHistorySchool I am surprised that people coming from the country which believe that brown cows give chocolate milk, would understand the meaning of the word disingenuous at all. But more seriously, my knowledge of Picasso and Rousseau and their friendship is not based on what has been written about them by people who spent their life studying them but didn't know them, but by people who knew them intimately such as Fernande Olivier who was a very good friend of my great grand mother, and later on my grand mother, and who reported that Picasso adored Rousseau and considered him as a genius. The cardboard medal was never meant to ridicule Rousseau, Picasso, would never lower himself to that. That wasn't this kind of person at all. When he finished painting "Guernica" and was asked about it,he said that he owed it all to Rousseau's "War" painting and that for many years he had tried to reproduce this painting and wished that by the time he died he would capable to paint like Rousseau. The sleeping Gypsy is also considered one of the greatest masterpieces of all time, and not a single painter in the world sees it as anything but one of the most important painting in history. Without Rousseau it is safe to say that Picasso, Dali Bunuel, Chirico wouldn't have produced many of their work and they all mentioned how important Rousseau was and nobody made fool of him. It is in 1908 , e years before Rousseau's death that Picasso organizes this large party to honor Rousseau, not to ridicule him. Banquet to which my great grand mother and grand mother's friend Fernande took part, as she was then living with Picasso and since the party was thrown in Picasso's own atelier. Party during which the great Poet Guillaume Apollinaire (the same who will write on Rousseau's grave, the epitaph that later on the Romanian sculptor Brancusi and the Chilean Painter Zarate will carve in the stone", also wrote a poem in honor of Rousseau which he recited that night in his honor. "Tu te souviens, Rousseau, du paysage astèque, Des forêts où poussaient la mangue et l’ananas, Des singes répandant tout le sang des pastèques Et du blond empereur qu’on fusilla là-bas. Les tableaux que tu peins, tu les vis au Mexique, Un soleil rouge ornait le front des bananiers, Et valeureux soldat, tu troquas ta tunique, Contre le dolman bleu des braves douaniers. Le malheur s’acharna sur ta progéniture Tu perdis tes enfants et tes femmes aussi Et te remarias avecque la peinture Pour faire tes tableaux, enfants de ton esprit. Nous sommes réunis pour célébrer ta gloire, Ces vins qu’en ton honneur nous verse Picasso, Buvons-les donc, puisque c’est l’heure de les boire En criant tous en chœur : « Vive ! vive Rousseau ! » Ô peintre glorieux de l’alme République Ton nom est le drapeau des fiers Indépendants Et dans le marbre blanc, issu du Pentélique, On sculptera ta face, orgueil de notre temps. Or sus ! que l’on se lève et qu’on choque les verres Et que renaisse ici la française gaîté ; Arrière noirs soucis, fuyez ô fronts sévères, Je bois à mon Rousseau, je bois à sa santé ! " Trust me, if you can read french you will know that these are NOT the words of someone who wants to ridicule Rousseau. And after his death, painters like Delauney and Kandinsky (who will declare that Rousseau was the trailblazer who created the path to new possibilities of simplicity.) will draw inspiration from Rousseau, and Alfred Barr whom i am sure you are familiar with, will explain that Rousseau, just like Van Gogh, Gaugin, Cezanne, Seurat, are at the origin of the abstract revolution. which gave birth to Cubism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Neo Plasticism, Purism, Abstract Dadaism, Abstract Surrealism and even modern architecture. If you believe that Picasso or Rousseau's friends would ever have made a fool of him, then you should reconsider your knowledge of Rousseau. Because this is as inaccurate as thinking that brown cows give chocolate.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

As I said Picasso did admire the work of Rousseau because he saw his naivety opening up a new way of approaching art, therefore Picasso saw him as important. As regards the incident with the Picasso banquet I take your word about how your distant relations saw and interpreted this and consequently your view of it. I have based my view on various sources including Roger Shattuck where he says, ' Picasso organized the banquet and decided to hold it in his own studio in the Bateau-Lavoir. The gathering has been interpreted by some as a lampooning of Rousseau, as a magnificent farce organized for everyone's enjoyment at Rousseau's expense. Delaunay refused to attend for that reason.' As Delaunay refused to take part in the event it seems clear that the lampooning must have been common knowledge. The 27 year old Picasso was the organiser of the banquet. If your interpretation is correct it seems that the original intention to ridicule by some may have developed in a different way as the evening progressed. There are different views on this. Whilst your point that Rousseau along with Van Gogh and the other Post Impressionists developed work which led to 'Fauvism, Futurism, Cubism, Suprematism, Constructivism, Neo Plasticism, Purism, Abstract Dadaism, Abstract Surrealism and even modern architecture' is valid. To imply that Rousseau had a direct influence on Tatlin, Malevitch, Goncharova,Mondrian, Van Doesburg, De Chirico, etc, etc, etc. really is a step too far.

[@morganolfursson2560]

@@ArtHistorySchool Robert Shattuck wasn't at the banquet, he was born 25 years after the banquet so, i'll take Fernande's words over his. Delauney was at the banquet, briefly but he was there toward the end, it is all in Fernande's journal. I never wrote that Rousseau had a direct influence on Tatlin, Malevitch, Goncharova,Mondrian, Van Doesburg, etc, etc, etc. But yes he did influence Chirico, by Chirico's own words.

[@nelsonx5326]

Charm goes a long way in art. Bill Traylor has charm. Rousseau sounds like a real character. 'You paint in the old Egyptian style.' LOL!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Yeah, I think he did have charm.

[@tabathaterry2998]

Great presentation it made me laugh

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@haiellan.8886]

Rousseau seems wholesome and truly genuine. I feel like he could be gullible at times and silly without even being aware of it. In short, If only I lived in his times, I'd probably want to befriend him!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He does sound a great guy

[@small-robloxian9592]

I'm learning about him at school

[@small-robloxian9592]

Please do a comment because I'm a big fan of you (not the artist😒)

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Hi Jade, I hope you have learnt lots about Henri Rousseau and thanks for being a fan. Cheers

[@les3jedis]

Very lovely . Picasso ! pas seulement avec HR , mais aussi avec Matisse (son "rival") . Les critères pour aimer une oeuvre sont multiples. Ainsi le choix porté à la femme au tour de cou pour Picasso, elle faisait référence à sa propre soeur (décédée). Et autre anecdote qui ne me parait pas négligeable c' est l' amour passionnel que connut HR (à s' en ruiner tout aussi naïvement que sa peinture). NB: " L' amour a ses raisons que le raison ne connaît point" ... J' ai là encore des doutes sur l' attribution à Dieu qu' en aurait fait son auteur.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Very true

[@anoopmg180]

Thanks sir

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are welcome

[@evanescapades2513]

In this video i went from “Picasso is an asshole to ohhh he JUST made it in my good books”

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was quite young at the time, but I know what you mean.

[@dgsdgs7413]

Good for him! Hstory treated him well. I'd be curious as to how his vision escaped the black hole of oblivion to end up in every art history book on the shelf.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think it's because he wasn't trained as an artist, therefore had a unique approach to painting.

[@crystalkeeper0795]

What is history..... I wonder.🤔

[@yinoveryang4246]

.. because there's something about the paintings that isn't accidental. The colour choices alone, and the compositions, they are curiously good (as well as occasionally bad). For a man, who by all practical accounts seems to been a "blagger", maybe it's just unquestioned self-belief. Andy Warhol couldn't have existed without characters like Rousseau.

[@mijiyoon5575]

👍👍👍👍👍🎨

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@evanescapades2513]

Paul, may i ask if you have made a show on JMW Turner?

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He is on my list, which is getting very long. Cheers

[@andrewwills6947]

If only all information on art could be presented in this way without the use of flowery wording and pretentiousness. Thanks

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed the presentation

[@izumihanagata1148]

Is Henry Rousseau related to the French Enlightenment thinker Jean Jacques Rousseau?

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I don't think so

[@Eva-iy6vy]

I like

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@frankbrake7689]

He most have been a true friend if Picasso ,and his friends could not only have a laugh with them. Then they also honored him after his death.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

very true

[@hkdaze]

Awesome

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers, please subscribe if you haven't already. Thanks Paul

[@hkdaze]

Artist in School I did, am studying Henri Rousseau at school

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's great, he is an interesting artist.

[@123simplegaming]

you need to inspire people to make art

[@ArtHistorySchool]

True

[@tanmayjha1112]

Thanks sir...have you studied art

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Yes I have

[@annalee117]

So glad Rousseau didnt get the joke. Joke was on the true fool of Picasso

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Agreed. But Picasso was very young at the time and did make amends by paying for and organising Rousseau's funeral.

[@izzym1913]

Surprised to note that nothing mentioned abt one of his greatest work ie sleeping gypsy

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Amazing what was covered in 10 minutes. It is impossible to cover all his works (major or not) in the time available. I'm sorry you are disappointed.

[@wiktoriarbeuhfudhu1917]

I just wrote all this down on paper and I bought it to school and then copied of but a better version:)

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Hope you did well with your art project. Cheers Paul

[@spectralv709]

I always felt “Naive Art” was kind of a patronizing term for people not educated in the “proper” western method of painting

[@ArtHistorySchool]

No quite the opposite. In Rousseau's case his creativity was not restricted by an 'art education' something Picasso admired.

[@spectralv709]

Art History School I know. What I meant was the term itself is a bit patronizing. I’m aware there were artists who admired his lack of formal training but they weren’t the ones (as far as I’m aware) who coined the term.

[@sarahbickel5166]

must have been very strong grass

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I'm sure it was, but it shows that anything is possible in painting.