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Henri Rousseau: Facts and Information
Here are some facts about Henri Rousseau, the French artist.
- Henri Rousseau was born in Laval in Mayenne, France on 21st May 1844.
- Henri’s father was a plumber.
- Rousseau went to high school in Laval, his home town.
He was an average pupil, although he did very well in art and music lessons.
- After he left school, Henri worked for a lawyer and then he joined the army, serving from 1863 to 1867.
- His father died in 1868 and Henri Rousseau moved to Paris to take care of his mother.
- He worked as a government official and then he became an import tax collector.
- Rousseau married Clemence Boitard, the daughter of his landlord, and they had six children.
Unfortunately, only one survived beyond childhood. Clemence died in 1888, and Rousseau married his second wife, Josephine Noury, in 1898.
- Henri Rousseau only started painting seriously when he was in in his forties.
- He was a self-taught painter and, as a result, his work is often describe