{"id":13138,"date":"2019-05-24T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/?p=13138"},"modified":"2019-05-24T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T15:53:08","slug":"le-banquet-rousseau-picasso-and-rousseaus-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/le-banquet-rousseau-picasso-and-rousseaus-friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Banquet Rousseau: Picasso and Rousseau\u2019s Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Henri Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter who was self-taught and didn\u2019t pursue art full time until he was in his forties. After serving in the army, Rousseau moved to Paris to support his widowed mother by working as a government tax collector and painting on the side. He fathered six children by his first wife, but only one survived into adulthood. Early in his career he was able to exhibit his work in the renowned Salon Des Independants, but was not considered one of their prominent artists. He was known for his imaginative tropical fantasies especially.<\/p>\n<p>It is said that Pablo Picasso found one of Rousseau\u2019s paintings being sold as a piece of used canvas, he immediately admired the work. \u00a0They became good friends over the years and supporters of each other\u2019s work. In 1908, Picasso decided to honor his friend with a banquet that was part humor and part esteem. \u00a0The guest list included many influential people including Jean Metzinger, Juan Gris and Gertrude Stein. It began with a sit down dinner that turned into an open house party at Picasso\u2019s studio. It was an extravaganza that lasted all night and has lived on as a story told with much enthusiasm and a little exaggeration by generations of artists.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons Picasso said he enjoyed Rousseau\u2019s work was because of its primitive and honest qualities. Rousseau was known for the exotic scenes he depicted, even though he had never left France. \u00a0Jungle themes were what he became famous for, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/painting\/surprise&amp;option_id=2339&amp;bc=791_1214\"><em>Surprise<\/em><\/a> and <em>Tiger in a Tropical Storm<\/em>. Pieces like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/painting\/the-dream&amp;option_id=5786&amp;bc=791_1214\"><em>The Dream<\/em><\/a> and<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/painting\/a-carnival-evening&amp;option_id=2336&amp;bc=791_1214\"> The Carnival Evening<\/a><\/em> show the magical side of his personality. Each of these was meant to transport the viewer to a place just outside their own imagination. Picasso saw the genius in his aspirations and applauded Rousseau for his influence on future artists. Please browse our collection of wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/subcategory\/shop-by-artist\/henri-rousseau\">Henri Rousseau<\/a> art to find what sparks your own creativity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henri Rousseau was a French Post-Impressionist painter who was self-taught and didn\u2019t pursue art full time until he was in his forties. After serving in the army, Rousseau moved to Paris to support his widowed mother by working as a government tax collector and painting on the side. 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