Landscape with Watermill
1879
Long before Henri Rousseau became the master of wild jungle paintings, he captured quiet rural scenes like this French landscape featuring a large white watermill. A lone traveler leads a horse-drawn cart along a dirt path, while a church spire peeks out from the distant shore across the blue water. The flat, simple perspective hints at the 'naïve' style that made him famous, showing us his artistic roots before he started painting exotic dreams. Signed 1879, this is a rare early work from the self-taught toll collector who would later dazzle the Parisian art world.
- Technique
- Oil painting
- Material
- Canvas
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