rousseau's first big exotic painting was Surprised! shown at the 1891 mc Salon of the Independents. It owes its tiger to Delacroix. The Douanier accentuates the tiger's leap with the slanting of the tree branches and plants and with the stripes of lightning and rain. The idea for these effects was supplied by the engraving in Le Tour du Monde. Rousseau also tries to intensify the 4 terrifying impact by means of vivid colors, running from yellow to red, with added brilliance provided by the glazing. Deviating from most of the other critics, who were highly ironic, Felix Vallotton lauded this work as "the alpha and omega of painting." Rousseau, in order to succeed in expressing the movements of wild beasts, had practiced by copying those of Eugine Delacroix.
The tiger's prey is beyond the edge of the canvas, so is it left to the imagination of the viewer to decide what the outcome will be, although Rousseau's original title Surprised! suggests the tiger has the upper hand. Rousseau later stated that the tiger was about to pounce on a group of explorers. Despite their apparent simplicity, Rousseau's jungle paintings were built up meticulously in layers, using a large number of green shades to capture the lush exuberance of the jungle. He also devised his own method for depicting the lashing rain by trailing strands of silver paint diagonally across the canvas, a technique inspired by the satin-like finishes of the paintings of William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
Henri Rousseau's work continued to be derided by the critics up to and after his death in 1910, but he won a following among his contemporaries: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Paul Klee were all admirers of his work. Around 1908, the art dealer Ambroise Vollard purchased Surprised! and two other works from Rousseau, who had offered them at a rate considerably higher than the 190 francs he finally received. The painting was later purchased by the National Gallery, London in 1972 with a contribution from the billionaire philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg.
rousseau's first big exotic painting was Surprised! shown at the 1891 mc Salon of the Independents. It owes its tiger to Delacroix. The Douanier accentuates the tiger's leap with the slanting of the tree branches and plants and with the stripes of lightning and rain. The idea for these effects was supplied by the engraving in Le Tour du Monde. Rousseau also tries to intensify the 4 terrifying impact by means of vivid colors, running from yellow to red, with added brilliance provided by the glazing. Deviating from most of the other critics, who were highly ironic, Felix Vallotton lauded this work as "the alpha and omega of painting." Rousseau, in order to succeed in expressing the movements of wild beasts, had practiced by copying those of Eugine Delacroix.
The tiger's prey is beyond the edge of the canvas, so is it left to the imagination of the viewer to decide what the outcome will be, although Rousseau's original title Surprised! suggests the tiger has the upper hand. Rousseau later stated that the tiger was about to pounce on a group of explorers. Despite their apparent simplicity, Rousseau's jungle paintings were built up meticulously in layers, using a large number of green shades to capture the lush exuberance of the jungle. He also devised his own method for depicting the lashing rain by trailing strands of silver paint diagonally across the canvas, a technique inspired by the satin-like finishes of the paintings of William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
Henri Rousseau's work continued to be derided by the critics up to and after his death in 1910, but he won a following among his contemporaries: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Paul Klee were all admirers of his work. Around 1908, the art dealer Ambroise Vollard purchased Surprised! and two other works from Rousseau, who had offered them at a rate considerably higher than the 190 francs he finally received. The painting was later purchased by the National Gallery, London in 1972 with a contribution from the billionaire philanthropist Walter H. Annenberg.
การแปล กรุณารอสักครู่..