Haven't you heard? "Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” is in its final days at the Barnes! This landmark exhibition brings together nearly 60 works from the Barnes and major museums around the world, including rare reunions of paintings that have not been seen side by side in more than a century. After February 22, the exhibition closes and many of these works will travel or return to their permanent collections. Visit now to experience this extraordinary presentation before it closes on Sunda

What makes Henri Rousseau’s paintings so unforgettable? In "In Focus: Henri Rousseau", our newest on-demand course, you’ll dive deep into the life and work of the self-taught painter whose vivid jungles and dreamlike scenes captivated generations—from Picasso to today’s artists. Through close study of Rousseau’s works in the Barnes collection and masterpieces from museums around the world, you’ll uncover how he turned the everyday into the extraordinary. Led by Barnes educators, this flexible on

Rousseau’s Jungle by Margaret Murton Henri Rousseau, the French naive painter, was totally self-taught and only took up painting in his late 40s. His work was ridiculed during his lifetime and he dies penniless. Although he never left France or saw a jungle in his life his paintings depict jungles with a vivid, child like imagination. The botanical gardens in Paris were an inspiration: "when I go into the glass houses and I see the strange plants of exotic lands, it seems to me that I enter into

Eye of the Tiger 🐯 Henri Rousseau was born #OnThisDay in 1844. His painting 'Surprised!' is among his most popular works. The jungle featured here is entirely imaginary, inspired by foliage found at Botanical Gardens in Paris. #ArtHistory #Tiger #NationalGallery | National Gallery