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The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel, Amanda Hall
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Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Brain Pickings
Recommended for: Laura, Wanda et al
Read on January 04, 2015
This Brain Pickings article kept me in raptures and surfing this morning.
Henri Rousseau’s Heartening Story of Success after a Lifetime of Rejection, Illustrated by Maria Popova: How a kind old man who spent his life in poverty, worked as a toll collector, and was entirely self-taught became one of the world’s greatest artists.
One night, he dreams up a painting of which he is especially proud, depicting a lion looking over a sleeping gypsy with friendly curiosity.
Henri Rousseau’s Heartening Story of Success after a Lifetime of Rejection, Illustrated by Maria Popova: How a kind old man who spent his life in poverty, worked as a toll collector, and was entirely self-taught became one of the world’s greatest artists.
One night, he dreams up a painting of which he is especially proud, depicting a lion looking over a sleeping gypsy with friendly curiosity.
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