The artist collection
Henri Rousseau Oil Painting Reproductions
Oversized leaves, watchful animals and strangely still figures make Henri Rousseau’s imagined worlds immediately recognisable. His paintings range from dense jungles to moonlit encounters and views closer to home. Our Henri Rousseau oil painting reproductions are painted by hand in oils on canvas to order. Explore the collection, with advice on composition, size and framing for your room.
Explore the collection
Rousseau paintings
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Choosing your Rousseau painting
The Dream brings a reclining figure, a musician and animals into an elaborate jungle setting. Tiger in a Tropical Storm has a more urgent rhythm, with slanting rain and foliage surrounding the tiger. Tropical Forest with Monkeys offers another richly layered scene, where smaller animals reward a closer look.
For a more open composition, The Sleeping Gypsy sets its sleeping figure and lion beneath a moonlit sky, with broad areas of bare ground. The Snake Charmer places a dark silhouette beside water and dense vegetation, while Carnival Evening has a cooler palette and an almost motionless pair of costumed figures. Consider how much detail you want, and whether the mood should feel dramatic, mysterious or quietly still.
Size and framing
Jungle scenes need enough space for overlapping leaves, flowers and smaller animals to remain clear. The open areas in The Sleeping Gypsy matter just as much as its figures. Preserve the full composition and its proportions, and include the frame when measuring. We can advise on listed sizes or quote for alternatives. The largest Sleeping Gypsy option is supplied rolled for local stretching and framing.
Our frames are handmade to order, with your choice of moulding and colour finish. Antique gold or silver can bring warmth or contrast to the greens; contemporary painted finishes offer a simpler surround. Actual Farrow & Ball shades are available, and we can help shortlist a finish for your painting and room.
After suitable sizes and prices have been discussed, we can prepare a free room mock-up to help you compare scale and proposed framing in your own space.
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About Henri Rousseau
French painter, 1844–1910
Henri Rousseau’s jungles are inventions built with extraordinary conviction. Plants overlap in precise layers, animals emerge from foliage and human figures seem to belong to a world governed by its own rules. Clear outlines and unusual relationships of scale give these scenes their distinctive character.
Born in Laval in 1844, Rousseau was a self-taught painter who worked collecting tolls in Paris, a job that prompted his nickname Le Douanier. He began exhibiting at the Salon des Indépendants in 1886. He never travelled outside France; botanical gardens, zoo collections and illustrated publications helped supply the plants and creatures he transformed in paint. These sources became material for imaginative scenes rather than records of a journey.
His work attracted ridicule but also the admiration of artists and writers, including Picasso and Apollinaire. Its unexpected combinations later offered an important precedent for Surrealism. In The Dream, a sofa and reclining woman occupy a luxuriant forest; elsewhere, familiar landscapes or costumed figures acquire an equally elusive atmosphere. Rousseau’s strangeness lies in how calmly and precisely he presents something that cannot quite be explained.
Have a particular Rousseau in mind?
For a Rousseau painting not shown here, send its title or a reference image, your preferred size and delivery location. We will assess the reference before preparing a quotation.
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