The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau Journal

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The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau Journal Details

Henri Rousseau painted The Sleeping Gypsy (La Bohémienne endormie in French) in 1897. Today in the New York Museum of Modern Art, it shows a lion brooding over a gypsy woman as she sleeps on a moonlit night.Rousseau’s work in the Naïve or Primitive Post-Impressionist style was mocked as childish or derided by critics up until his death in 1910, but contemporaries such as Picasso, Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Félix Vallotton were all great admirers of his work and his popularity continues to this day.Features of this journal are: 6x9in, 110 pages lined (standard, B&W) on both sides front title and owner’s contact details page cover soft, matteThis elegantly simple journal – which will make wonderful Henri Rousseau prints or themed Henri Rousseau gifts for women or men and children – presents a uniquely beautiful work of art from one of the master painters, a distinctive Henri Rousseau notebook depicting a classic of Primitivism art (a memorable Primitive artwork, or Naive art or Primitive art prints and Naive art prints on this distinctive and colorful journal) that aims to inspire in its owner greater and more imaginative writing.To browse the wide selection of journals from Golding Notebooks, please refer to our Amazon author page.