"[...] un curieux tableau du même douanier Rousseau, une sorte d'apothéose de Guillaume Apollinaire avec, au second plan, une vieiile Marie Laurencin, en guise de Muse. In 1974 there was an exhibition of the Brummer Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. His enthusiasm for his subject stretched beyond dealing in its artefacts to organising pioneering exhibitions of tribal art in On 19 or 20 March, the two pictures were at Les Serres de l'Orangerie for the jury to decide on the hanging. Chtchoukine Collectio - M91ANR depuis la bibliothèque d’Alamy parmi des millions de photos, illustrations et vecteurs en haute résolution. long discussions with his younger artistic colleagues, he started his La muse inspirant le poète est un double portrait de Guillaume Apollinaire et de sa muse Marie Laurencin, réalisé en 1909 par le Douanier Rousseau.Apollinaire est également un critique d'art et fut parmi les premiers défenseurs de l'œuvre de Rousseau caractéristique de l'art naïf. Commencez votre journée en découvrant une œuvre d'art ! Mais c’est alors que, soupçonné de complicité de vol d’œuvres d’art au Louvre, le poète est emprisonné à la Santé durant une semaine. His work had been exhibited alongside the Fauves at the Salon d'Automne in 1905 and in 1907 he met the collector and critic Wilhelm Uhde who would write an influential monograph on Rousseau in 1911. Dans la consécration du Douanier Rousseau, artiste dit « naïf », un rôle déterminant a été joué par un petit groupe d’avant-garde : Guillaume Apollinaire, André Salmon, et plus largement les artistes gravitant autour de l’atelier montmartrois de Picasso, le Bateau-Lavoir. « Modeste employé des douanes Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, dit Le Douanier Rousseau (1844-1910), autodidacte devenu peintre sur le tard, célébré par Alfred Jarry, Apollinaire, Picasso, Robert et Sonia Delaunay, ou Kandinsky, est aujourd’hui reconnu comme l’une des figures les plus originales de l’art de la fin du XIXème et du début du XXème siècle. suggestion; "Pour pouvoir travailler d'après le modèle à l'Academie Matisse il proposa, en paiement, de balayer l'atelier. Les noirs brillent et vivent dans les milliers de verts qui se groupent en formant arbres, taillis, forêts. D. Catton Rich wrote that Rousseau's portrait of Joseph Brummer, "one of the last he did, shows his friend and dealer seated in a wicker chair before a background of trees, closely allied to the extravagant foliage of the jungles. Douanier Rousseau, La muse inspirant le poète, 1909 (portrait de Marie Laurencin et Guillaume Apollinaire). It appears that the picture was painted in the spring of 1909 in Er gilt als einer der Wegbereiter des Surrealismus. The decidedly frontal pose of Joseph Brummer in this picture and the unusual device of portraying the sitter full- length on a chair, was perhaps inspired by Cézanne's portrait of Achille Emperaire (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) which Rousseau saw at » En 1910 Henri Rousseau vend des tableaux pour plus de 1 000 francs et peut acheter son propre atelier à Paris. (Henri Rousseau, New York, 1946, p. 55). performances of music and theatrical excerpts by those present. This limited repertoire of visual signals was gradually The insouciant manner in which Brummer holds his cigarette in his right hand adds a bohemian element to the general air of shrewd respectability Brummer radiates. formed the remarkable collection of Negro art assembled by Karl Ernst Rousseau's own symbolist and poetic interests, his flat, archaistic forms and expressive content allied him directly with contemporaneous post-impressionist developments. Dans la consécration du Douanier Rousseau, artiste dit « naïf », un rôle déterminant a été joué par un petit groupe d’avant-garde : Guillaume Apollinaire, André Salmon, et plus largement les artistes gravitant autour de l’atelier montmartrois de Picasso, le Bateau-Lavoir. Picasso collected several works by Rousseau and was later to call the Portrait de Femme (Certigny 75) which he owned, "une oeuvre de penetration, de décision et de clarté françaises...l'un des portraits psychologiques français les plus revélateurs." France, Alpes Maritimes, Cap … Henri Rousseau, dit Le Douanier Rousseau, La Muse inspirant le poète (Guillaume Apollinaire et Marie Laurencin) 1909, huile sur toile, (146 cm x 97 cm), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bâle. Instagram. The image of Rousseau, the retired "customs officer", as a self-taught Sunday painter was propagated initially by Apollinaire. While he was too poor to enrol in formal lessons Rousseau always had a healthy respect for the traditions and teachings of the Salon artists. While still preserving the effect of precise detail ). I, « Comment le prieur de Notre Dame de la Montagne et Mademoiselle sa sœur rencontrèrent un Huron », p. 116-117 Analyse d’image : Henri Rousseau (dit le douanier), Forêt vierge au soleil couchant ou Nègre attaqué par un léopard, p. 144. In 1908 he put the first profits of his dealings into Guillaume Apollinaire dit, lors du salon d’Automne ou Le Douanier Rousseau présente Le Rêve : « cette année, personne ne rit, tous sont unanimes : ils admirent. Afin que tes loisirs sacrés, dans la lumière réelle. Nous t'apportons des pinceaux, des couleurs et des toiles. Le Douanier Rousseau – nommé ainsi en raison de son emploi à l’octroi de Paris – est fasciné par le décor du Jardin des Plantes, qui lui inspire à partir de 1890 les jungles qui feront sa renommée. cit., p. 64). "Many art objects were obtained for the Metropolitan (over 400 objects), The Cloisters, the Louvre and other leading museums in America and Europe. He took advice from Gérome and Clément who were probably multiplie les contrastes en additionnant les gammes de vert d'une The fauteuil de rotin on which Brummer is seated was part of the furnishings of Rousseau's studio and had been there Rousseau, Paris, 1985, p. 235). A contemporary photograph shows Rousseau standing proudly, palette in hand, in front Douanier Rousseau, La Muse inspirant le Poète. remarked of Cézanne's pictures, "You know, I could finish all these Henri Rousseau (Le Douanier Rousseau), The poet and his muse (Guillaume Apollinaire & Marie Laurencin), paris, 1909, oil on canvas. Few artists had been mocked during their lifetime as Rousseau, and even fewer had faced with equal calm the hail of insults. On 6 I in the modern style" --Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay. Facebook. This device recalls Rousseau's earlier portrait of Pierre Loti (Certigny 233) where the elements appear more anecdotally disparate than in the more harmonised sense of monumentality which permeates the Brummer portrait. D. C. Rich observed, "his approach was far from literal. occupation. Rousseau also asked Brummer to come to the vernissage with him on 25 March, two days later. ; Certigny 237). Hungarian by birth, Joseph Brummer (1883-1947) arrived in Paris in the first years of this century to pursue a career as a sculptor. Brummer posed for his portrait during February-March 1909 in Rousseau's studio at 2 rue Perrel. For Delaunay it was Rousseau's powers as a colorist In Paris he left the gallery at Faubourg St. Il se rend ensuite à Paris et rêve de devenir peintre. Twitter. Il apprend lui-même la peinture et produit un grand nombre de toiles, elles représentent souvent des paysages de jungle, lui qui n'a pourtant jamais quitté la France. At the end he was completely in command of his Honoré in the hands of his younger brothers, Ernest and Imre, who had come over from Hungary to join Joseph in 1908. artists who were its first discoverers, contributed to the development of an interest in what was called "art nègre" and moreover ensured For the younger artists, the older Rousseau became a sort of bridge with earlier art, a simplifying force within the major stylistic transitions of the period. Portrait de Joseph Brummer (Portrait-paysage) In Blasco Alarçon's later picture of the event, the Rousseau picture owned by Picasso is displayed in a prominent position over the thronelike chair reserved for Rousseau. Henri Rousseau - Le Douanier Rousseau Paysage au manoir 1895 '''La Guerre'' dit aussi ''La Chevauchée de la Discorde'', 1894, Henri Rousseau dit Le Douanier Rousseau, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France, Europe. aesthetics of African art, Neger plastik by Carl Einstein admired. Henri Rousseau, byname le Douanier (French: “the Customs Officer”), (born May 21, 1844, Laval, France—died Sept. 2, 1910, Paris), French painter who is considered the archetype of the modern naive artist.He is known for his richly coloured and meticulously detailed pictures of lush jungles, wild beasts, and exotic figures. I in the modern style" --Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay. (L'Amour de l'Art, Paris, 1920). Apollinaire Le douanier Rousseau. to suit his purpose. Guillaume to tribal art, he also sold Greek sculpture to Rodin and Cette exposition souhaite explorer l’univers mental et esthétique d’Apollinaire à travers un parcours thématique : du Douanier Rousseau à Matisse, Picasso, Braque ou Delaunay, du cubisme à l’orphisme et au surréalisme, des sources académiques à la modernité, des arts premiers aux arts populaires. rapports inégaux. survive but gradually found that selling Japanese prints to his fellow artists and avantgarde associates was an increasingly lucrative ne copie pas l'effet extèrieur d'un arbre; il crée un ensemble La mia lista Condividi. developed into a highly personal style which set Rousseau apart from The evenings consisted of a relatively spartan banquet at which the invitees were formally seated, followed by short and varied Le Douanier Rousseau – nommé ainsi en raison de son emploi à l’octroi de Paris – est fasciné par le décor du Jardin des Plantes, qui lui inspire à partir de 1890 les jungles qui feront sa renommée. il mesura mon nez, ma bouche, mes oreilles, mon front, mes mains, mon Rousseau For Rousseau the landscape element was quite as important as the figure." J.-L. style...Rousseau's technique has now become free and without apparent urgency to complete it since he intended to exhibit the picture at the Salon des Indépendants. Né à Laval dans une famille pauvre, Henri Rousseau s’engage dans l’armée. Télécharger cette image : Henri Rousseau (Le Douanier Rousseau), le poète et sa muse (Guillaume Apollinaire et Marie Laurencin), Paris, 1909, huile sur toile. signed and dated lower left H Rousseau 1909, oil on canvas Rousseau was in some Il fut surnommé le « Douanier » en raison de sa profession, bien éloignée du monde de l’art. since at least 1906 when Rousseau himself was photographed seated on it in front of Les Joyeux Farceurs (Fig. Le Rêve du Douanier Rousseau : focus sur un chef-d’œuvre. Laisse passer nos bagages en fraude à la porte du ciel. His work had been exhibited alongside the Fauves at the Salon d'Automne in 1905 and in 1907 he met the collector and critic Wilhelm Uhde who would write an influential monograph on Rousseau in 1911. richesse qui atteste sa connaissance quasi-scientifique du métier." of conception. Paris, Les Grandes Serres de l'Orangerie. Découvrez vos propres épingles sur Pinterest et enregistrez-les. Son inspiration provient surtout de livres illustrés, de jardins botaniques et rencontres avec des soldats ayant participé à l'intervention française au Mexique. Ses toiles montrent une technique élaborée, mais leur aspect enfantin lui valurent beaucoup de moqueries. A passionate artist who lived only for his art, Rousseau was celebrated by his avantgarde contemporaries (who included Brummer) for his pictures." "Rousseau réinventé sa flore, et ne fournit en aucune façon la description d'un paysage plausible. He wrote a poem on a napkin and recited it to Rousseau’s glee. Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) fut un peintre autodidacte, souvent qualifié de naïf et moqué par ses contemporains, mais admiré par les avant-gardes du XXe siècle. essaying modern subject matter in a personal rather than a primitive preoccupation with high surface finish, minute precision and rigid While the Brummer portrait cannot be considered a jungle picture it is interesting that as a background for the "art nègre" dealer Rousseau has selected a rich tapestry of variegated trees, foliage and fauna. La muse inspirant le poète est un double portrait de Guillaume Apollinaire et de sa muse Marie Laurencin, réalisé en 1909 par le Douanier Rousseau. European museums and to financing the first major book devoted to the d'Avignon period Rousseau remarked, "You, Pablo and I are the two Henri Rousseau, Le Rêve 1910, huile sur toile, 204,5 x 298,5 cm, New York, The Museum of Modern Art / Henri Rousseau Commencez votre journée en découvrant une œuvre d'art ! Occasionally a retouching shows where he has altered a branch or inserted a leaf but the sureness of execution matches the sureness ... ou Guillaume Apollinaire. Télécharger cette image : Henri Rousseau (Le Douanier Rousseau), le poète et sa muse (Guillaume Apollinaire et Marie Laurencin), Paris, 1909, huile sur toile. W. H. Forsyth, on the occasion of this exhibition, wrote an article celebrating the great artistic contribution of Joseph and Ernest Brummer to the Arts of Europe and America. renting a shop at 6 Boulevard Raspail where, alongside the familiar Japanese prints, he displayed the objects of his new passions - African and Oceanic "primitive" sculpture and a few pictures by the "new primitive" Henri Rousseau. Rousseau himself did not Having the appearance of a theatrical backdrop the background foliage is a creation of Rousseau's imagination designed to complement the character of the sitter and to suit the compositional structure of the picture. Henri Julien Félix Rousseau dit le Douanier Rousseau, né le 21 mai 1844 à Laval et mort le 2 septembre 1910 à Paris, est le plus célèbre représentant des peintres naïfs. care for tribal or classical art but his simplicity and innocence of Apollinaire hat Henri Rousseau den „Uccello unseres Jahrhunderts“ genannt. With Rousseau’s Portrait of a Woman in full view, Rousseau was seated on a make-shift thrown while a raucous party took place. its diffusion before World War I in a fair number of European Some of the outstanding acquisitions made by these museums in the twenties, thirties and forties owed their rediscovery to the extraordinarily sensitive 'Brummer eye'. corps tout entier, et ces mesures, il les transporta fort exactement Since he did not care for attending cafés for parâit avoir été une sorte de nègre blanc, puisqu'il étendait à ses oeuvres son goût des idoles africaines." Joseph's initial Thus began the relationship which culminated in Brummer commissioning this major portrait from Rousseau early in 1909. It was Picasso who gave the Pendant ce Brummer did not keep his portrait for more than three years as he left Paris in 1912 to go to New York to open an art gallery which was later to become world famous. (M. Hoog in Le Douanier As only the that were the most remarkable, "les noirs sont des espaces sans Le poète Guillaume Apollinaire a tracé sur la dalle des vers qui seront ensuite gravés par Constantin Brancusi : Delaunay, sa femme, Monsieur Quéval et moi. Henri Rousseau est né en 1844 à Laval. Osthaus. Hab… Rousseau's own exotic iconography was one of the features that attracted the young avantgarde artists of the first decade of this century during their drive towards modernism. style. Other guests were Leo and Gertrude Stein, Braque, Max Jacob, Apollinaire, Laurencin, Salmon, Raynal and many others. » La muse et le poète » 1909 – le DOUANIER-ROUSSEAU. Spesso classificato come un artista naïf, è stato uno dei precursori dell'arte moderna e ispirazione per molti artisti tra cui Picasso, Apollinaire, Delaunay, Kandinsky, Ernst e De Chirico. naïve artist. Like Gauguin, Rousseau came to full-time painting late in life in 1885, at the age of forty. his avantgarde contemporaries and from the Salon artists he so The mask-like hieratic features of Brummer's face, rendered with tremendous finesse, resemble to some extent the African sculptures in which he dealt. On 23 March, Rousseau asked Brummer for the money to pay for the frame and stated, "Ton portrait a du succès déjà". Brummer was responsible for introducing Apollinaire and Paul For Joseph Brummer it was primarily the exotic qualities in Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, dit Le Douanier Rousseau, La Muse (Marie Laurencin) inspirant le poète (Guillaume Apollinaire), 1908-1909, huile sur toile, Moscou, musée d’État des Beaux-Arts Pouchkine. lumière qui agissent sur l'oeil comme des couleurs prismatiques en 106-107). Mai 1844 in Laval; 2. At that time the term primitive equally came to be applied to the between the two versions of Rousseau's other great portrait picture of the period La Muse inspirant le Poète (Certigny 274, Puschkin This was probably in 1908. He made some 26 jungle pictures in all, mainly executed between 1904-1910. Riproduci. 2015 Francia. 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. Shchukin Collectio 'Portrait de femme', 1895, Le Douanier Rousseau (Henri Rousseau, dit), Picasso Museum, Paris, France, Europe. Supplément au voyage de Bougainville, chap. The post-impressionists sought greater self-expression in their art and also a more cerebral and formal pictorial construction. feature of the last few years of his life. (Primitivism in 20th Century Art, New York, 1984, p. Paudrat writes, "It was Joseph Brummer who, beyond the small group of In his portrait-paysages the model, often seen full-length, is rendered with great clarity and placed against a landscape background which is generally appropriate to the sitter in both nature and sentiment, and complementary to the pictorial structure of the composition. Chtchoukine Collectio - M91ANR depuis la bibliothèque d’Alamy parmi des millions de photos, illustrations et vecteurs en haute résolution. Cela lui vaut le surnom de « douanier ». cit., p. 586). By 1908 Rousseau had become a celebrated figure in the Montparnasse In contrast, Rousseau saw himself as a completely modern artist Classical Egyptian, Grecian or Roman art. somewhat simplistic and contributory in part to the myth-making with Henri Julien Félix Rousseau dit le Douanier Rousseau, né le 21 mai 1844 à Laval et mort le 2 septembre 1910 à Paris, est le plus célèbre représentant des peintres naïfs. Alfred Barr was to call him "the greatest of American art dealers". celebrated "Banquet du Douanier Rousseau" in honour of Rousseau at his studio in Le Bateau Lavoir in November 1908. He tried to acquire works over a period of several years, and finally succeeded in buying one that became famous: La Carriole du Père Junier [Junier’s Cart]. exotic sculptures of African tribal art and the archaic forms of Brummer was there and it is tempting to identify him as being seated four to Rousseau's left. Tu les consacres à peindre, comme tu tiras mon portrait. Henri Rousseau, Le Rêve 1910, huile sur toile, 204,5 x 298,5 cm, New York, The Museum of Modern Art / Henri Rousseau. intérieur et rythmique avec une expression vraie, grave, essentielle d'un arbre et de ses feuilles en rapport avec la forêt. Inspired by his vision he arbitrarily rewove the appearance of nature This other portrait is obviously the portrait of Brummer. recitals." Son travail, souvent moqué par les autres artistes et critiques, se fait reprocher son manque de perspective, sa naïveté, en bref son amateurisme.