The sleeping gypsy

Date: 1897
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: private collection

When the image was slightly fantasijního nature, where we can see a woman with a lion sleeping in the moonlight, first issued, he attempted to Rousseau unsuccessfully to sell the mayor of his hometown, Laval. Instead, he ended up painting in a private collection in Paris trader of coal, where he remained until 1924. When this year painting reappeared in public, raised doubts as to whether this is not a fake. Eventually they were disproved. Rousseau image itself described as wandering black playing the mandolin, lying with his pitcher at his side, is overcome with deep sleep. Leo takes the opportunity to sneak around her, she feels her scent, but leaves it to be. The image is shrouded in moonlight, very poetic.

Rousseau painted picture The sleeping gypsy in 1897. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is landscape. This art piece is located in a private collection This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844 - 1910). French Post-Impressionist painter. He learned painting himself (he developed a specific naive style) and eventually became a brilliant artist whose paintings are firmly embedded in art history. For his profession as a customs officer, he is also called Customs (see his self-portrait known as Customs). He never left France, but became known for his paintings Jungle. Contemporaries often mocked him (they reproached him for his children's paintings). Picasso, who by chance saw one of his paintings and appreciated the quality of his work, prepared a banquet in Rousseau’s honour Dream.