The jungles of Henri Rousseau are on display in the Mustang Museum December 3-14, 2012. Please join us for an open house on December 12 from 5:00-6:00 p.m..
Those silly monkeys Rousseau is so famous for painting inspired the large jungle display in this year's museum. Henri Rousseau born in 1844 never left the city of Paris. He was a self taught artist. He began his career as an artist at the age of 49. His jungles are made up. They all come from his imagination. His friends in the army would tell him stories of all the exotic places they visited and the animals they had seen. Somehow, he took their stories and created these fantastic places.
The activities our students are participating in are listening to Rousseau describe how to draw a jungle while they follow along and create their own jungle. And in their second week in the museum students will create their own stories to go along with Rousseau's jungles. They will predict what happened before and after the artist stopped time. Take a look below at our Rousseau Museum and listen closely......you may be able to hear the monkey's chattering.
Those silly monkeys Rousseau is so famous for painting inspired the large jungle display in this year's museum. Henri Rousseau born in 1844 never left the city of Paris. He was a self taught artist. He began his career as an artist at the age of 49. His jungles are made up. They all come from his imagination. His friends in the army would tell him stories of all the exotic places they visited and the animals they had seen. Somehow, he took their stories and created these fantastic places.
The activities our students are participating in are listening to Rousseau describe how to draw a jungle while they follow along and create their own jungle. And in their second week in the museum students will create their own stories to go along with Rousseau's jungles. They will predict what happened before and after the artist stopped time. Take a look below at our Rousseau Museum and listen closely......you may be able to hear the monkey's chattering.