Quote of the day
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Henri Rousseau
Born: May 21, 1844
Died: September 2, 1910 (aged 66)
Bio: Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll collector.
Known for:
- The Sleeping Gypsy (1897)
- The Dream (1910)
- Tiger in a Tropical Storm (1891)
- Carnival Evening (1886)
- Boy on the Rocks (1895)