Henri Rousseau

For now I’m still going with the ‘walk on the wild side’ theme. Henri Rousseau’s paintings are always on the wild side and today; instead of the usual jungle scenes with animals, I’ve gone for the ones with people. The people in his paintings really do ‘walk on the wild side’.

 

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau  May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910 was a self taught French Post-Impressionist painter who painted in the  Primitive style. 

He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector. Another artist whose work was ridiculed during his lifetime, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality.
Read about him here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Rousseau

The bathroom.

Above; Awoman bathing her feet; Jean-Leon Gerome  

BATHROOMS.

My new bathroom is getting closer.
They were here today taking measurements.
I’m helping, I’m stripping wallpaper.
I’ve already taken all the old shelves and cabinets down.
I’m also going to paint the ceiling
You can’t imagine how grateful I am.
All I can think about is bathrooms.

The bathroom is my inspiration for Art Sunday today.

This artist has painted a series of ‘bathroom paintngs’
http://arielchurnin.com/2008/01/atelier-work-fall-2007.html
 
This site has lots of vintage pictures of bathrooms.

http://1912bungalow.com/2004/03/historical-bathroom-photos-2/

This is a site full of bathroom prints .

http://bathroomartprints.com/


So here are my ‘bathroom’ inspired paintings.

The Tub, Dagas
Red haired bather, Dagas
La Toilette , Dagas
The Toilette, Mary Cassell 
Woman in a bath,  Dagas
The Toilette, Lautrec
The bath, Edward George Stevens