Henri RousseauFrench, 1844–1910L'enfant à la poupée
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “L'enfant à la poupée” now? Collection: Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris. Unknown.
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- RF 1963-29
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée de l'Orangerie
- Image: Musée de l'Orangerie — © C. Jean ; Réunion des musées nationaux - utilisation soumise à autorisation; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Henri Rousseau
The whole life1893–1910
A studio in Montparnasse
In 1893 Rousseau moved to a studio in Montparnasse, where he lived and worked until his death in 1910.
1903
Widowed again
The second marriage did not last: already in 1903 Rousseau was widowed again.
1905
“The Hungry Lion” beside the Fauves
In 1905 “The Hungry Lion” was shown at the Salon d’Automne beside paintings by the Fauves Matisse, Vlaminck and Derain; this is when the attitude of the mass of critics to Rousseau’s work turned.
after 1905
Vollard buys his works
After “The Hungry Lion” was shown, Ambroise Vollard, France’s leading dealer in modern art, bought several of Rousseau’s works.
after 1905
Exotic scenes without travel: the Botanical Garden
Rousseau never left France, yet his exotic canvases became especially prominent after 1905: to render foliage accurately he studied plants in the Paris Botanical Garden, and he often copied figures from magazine illustrations and postcards.
1907
A commission from Countess Delaunay: “The Snake Charmer”
In 1907 Berthe, Countess Delaunay, mother of the painter Robert Delaunay, commissioned “The Snake Charmer” from Rousseau.
