Sleeping Gypsy
Artist: Henri Rousseau
Year Composed: 1897
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
Year Composed: 1897
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
About the Artwork
Sleeping Gypsy is Henri Rousseau's most iconic and famous works of art, depicting a sleeping woman lying in the desert sands next to her mandolin and jar. A grown, male lion is seen sniffing around the woman as she slumbers, yet not harming or disturbing the gypsy. Audiences can almost hear soft melodies being played from the mandolin as the calmness is captured under the pale moonlight. The dreamlike melody can be felt and heard throughout the desert dunes.
About the Artist
Known around the art world as Le Douanier (French for The Customs Officer) from his previous professions, Henri Rousseau was a late bloomer in his life for his painting career. As a self-taught artist who started painting full-time in his late 40s, Rousseau was renowned for his artistic ability and his precise technique. As an acclaimed primitive painter, his works showcase various scenes of nature and figures in their basic element, void of industry, architecture, or modern accessories, which can be seen within his Sleeping Gypsy (1897) and The Dream (1910), both of which are featured within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
Sleeping Gypsy was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America
Sleeping Gypsy is Henri Rousseau's most iconic and famous works of art, depicting a sleeping woman lying in the desert sands next to her mandolin and jar. A grown, male lion is seen sniffing around the woman as she slumbers, yet not harming or disturbing the gypsy. Audiences can almost hear soft melodies being played from the mandolin as the calmness is captured under the pale moonlight. The dreamlike melody can be felt and heard throughout the desert dunes.
About the Artist
Known around the art world as Le Douanier (French for The Customs Officer) from his previous professions, Henri Rousseau was a late bloomer in his life for his painting career. As a self-taught artist who started painting full-time in his late 40s, Rousseau was renowned for his artistic ability and his precise technique. As an acclaimed primitive painter, his works showcase various scenes of nature and figures in their basic element, void of industry, architecture, or modern accessories, which can be seen within his Sleeping Gypsy (1897) and The Dream (1910), both of which are featured within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
Sleeping Gypsy was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, United States of America