Henri Rousseau, being a simple man but…

1889 CE

Henri Rousseau, being a simple man but one with great imagination, is profoundly impressed by what he sees at the Exposition. (The reconstructions of Senegalese, Tonkinese, and Tahitian landscapes at the exposition probably provide further inspiration for the exoticism of his later paintings.)

His enthusiasm for the fair is so great that he writes a vaudeville play entitled A Visit to the Exposition of 1889 (which, however, he does not succeed in having produced).

In this play (as in other of his theatrical works), his naiveté reveals itself even more than in the technical aspects of his painting.

Also revealed, however, is an intense desire to express himself artistically; he even attempts to compose music.

Still, painting remains his only real gift.

Like his contemporaries the Impressionists, he is attracted by landscapes, and at this time he wishes to imitate nature.

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