Self-portrait (customs officer)

Date: 1890
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Natinonal Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

Henri Rousseau painted the now-famous painting - Self-Portrait in 1890. It shows the then-new way of perceiving the artist and reflects the painter's artistic self-confidence. He presents himself as a serious person holding a palette in his hand.

The Eiffel Tower and the balloon floating in the sky are attributes that celebrate modern civilization, but within the image, they mainly underline the self-confident position of the artist.

Rousseau painted picture Self-portrait (customs officer) in 1890. Prevailing color of this fine art print is dark and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Natinonal Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. 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.