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082 1 _aREF 759.4 ROU
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100 1 _aPichon, Yann le
240 1 0 _aToller Cranston Collection
245 1 0 _aThe world of Henri Rousseau
_c/ Yann le Pichon
260 _aNew York
_b: Viking Press
_c, 1982
300 _a285 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 34 cm
505 1 0 _aIntroduction -- 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.
520 _aIn 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.
546 _aTranslated from French to English
600 1 4 _aRousseau, Henri
_d(, 1844-1910)
650 4 _aCriticism and interpretation
650 4 _aPainting
700 1 _aNeugroschel, Joachin
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