the snake charmer henri rousseau

the snake charmer henri rousseauThe subject of this work is thus born in the mind of Henri Rousseau from a story and an environment that he transposes very freely while using Western myths: the earthly paradise, the good savage. The exuberant vegetation, inspired by real varieties but arranged according to the fantasy of the painter, constitutes a dreamlike image of the jungle. The style of this work is new: frank and dense colors, backlighting, a line both naive and precise, a

as the Nazi regime described his art as 'degenerate'

centred on the geometric shapes of the houses and trees

This painting is part of a long series of still lifes created by Paul Cézanne during his artistic life

a water pipe very popular in the Maghreb

The dominant colours are cold

whose body shapes and surrounding objects are broken down into circles

of silence

green and blue giving the work a soothing

riding through the air in his chariot

In this way

seduction and love

The masculine counterpart to "Feminine Wave"