The world of Henri Rousseau
/ Yann le Pichon
- New York : Viking Press , 1982
- 285 p. : illus. ; 34 cm
Introduction -- The mysteries of love and marriage -- The landscape portraits and their symbolism -- The flight from the city and the return home -- The obsession with the jungle -- Allegories and dreams -- The myth of war and death -- The soul of still lifes, the language of flowers.
In this book, le Pichon, journalist and art historian, re-creates Rousseau's world, examines the iconographical and psychological inspirations of his paintings, and discusses his influence on others - Picasso, Delaunay, the Surrealists, and of course the naive painters. The book is introduced by the painter's granddaughter and also by two distinguished museum curators who know Rousseau's work well.