Вид парка Монсури

1893–1910

A studio in Montparnasse

In 1893 Rousseau moved to a studio in Montparnasse, where he lived and worked until his death in 1910.

1908

Picasso’s banquet in Rousseau’s honour

Picasso came across a Rousseau painting being sold on the street as a canvas to be painted over, instantly recognised his genius and went to meet him; in 1908 he gave a half-serious, half-burlesque banquet for Rousseau in his Bateau-Lavoir studio, attended by Apollinaire, Gertrude Stein, Max Jacob, Marie Laurencin, Juan Gris and others.

1910

“The Dream,” his last painting, at the Salon

In March 1910 Rousseau exhibited “The Dream,” his last painting, at the Salon des Indépendants.

March 1910

Phlegmon in the leg

In March 1910, the month “The Dream” was shown, Rousseau developed a phlegmon in his leg.

1910

Necker Hospital: gangrene and surgery

In August 1910 Rousseau was admitted to the Necker Hospital in Paris, where his son had died; gangrene was found in his leg. After an operation he died of a blood clot on 2 September.

2. September 1910

Died