{"id":36190,"date":"2020-05-21T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=36190"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:20:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:20:15","slug":"on-the-art-and-astrology-of-henri-rousseau-pioneer-of-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/on-the-art-and-astrology-of-henri-rousseau-pioneer-of-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Art and Astrology of Henri Rousseau, Pioneer of Fantasy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
French painter Henri Rousseau was born on May 21st, 1844 at 1:00am, in Laval, France.\u00a0<\/em> He lived a life that was markedly different from other artists of his time\u2014for most of his life he had a casual art practice, the practice of an untrained \u201cSunday painter,\u201d and carried out a seemingly normal existence in all other respects until his 40s.\u00a0 As a young man he worked at a law firm, and joined the army at the age of 19 to avoid punishment for petty larceny. In 1869 he took a job as a toll collector in Paris, a position he held through his adult life. The role earned him the nickname \u201cLe Douanier\u201d amongst younger artists, a title that seems by equal turns gently mocking, and affectionate.
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