1897
oil
canvas
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1897 oil by Henri Rousseau, a Impressionism work, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a person lying on the ground under a bright moon, playing a small guitar. Next to them is a lion standing calmly, almost like it’s part of the scene. The person is wrapped in a striped blanket, and there’s a red vase nearby. The background has a dark blue sky with mountains and a quiet sea. The lion and the person seem oddly at peace, which stands out. The artist painted this in 1897, when most people didn’t mix animals and humans like this. If you like this strange, dreamy style, check out Henri Rousseau.
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was born on 21 May 1844 in Laval, Mayenne, and died in Paris on 2 September 1910.
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