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Symbolism

Symbolism. Symbolism. Discarded the visable world of surface appearances for the inner world of fantasy. Henri Rousseau. Untrained hobby painter who quit his job at 40 to paint full time.

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Symbolism

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  1. Symbolism

  2. Symbolism • Discarded the visable world of surface appearances for the inner world of fantasy.

  3. Henri Rousseau • Untrained hobby painter who quit his job at 40 to paint full time. • Rousseau believed his fantastic, childlike landscapes- full of strange, lurking animals and tree sized flowers- were realistic paintings in the academic style.

  4. Henri Rousseau • His figures were flat and the scale, proportion and perspective were skewed

  5. Fight Between a Tiger and Buffalo by Rousseau

  6. Detail of a Fight Between a Tiger and Buffalo by Rousseau

  7. The Dream by Rousseau

  8. Detail of The Dream by Rousseau

  9. The Sleeping Gypsyby Rousseau

  10. Odilon Redon • Influenced by the disturbing poetry of Poe and Baudelaire, Redon created works that evoke a hallucinatory world. • He relied on radiant color and line.

  11. Orpheus by Redon

  12. The Crying Spider by Redon

  13. The Cyclops by Redon

  14. Albert Ryder • Painted pictures from his imagination and used simplified forms and yellowish light to create works of haunting intensity.

  15. Albert Ryder • His painting were intentionally short on detail to create a mystical feeling • He worked in fits, slapping ill-prepared paint (even candle grease) onto wet undercoatings. As a result, all 150 of his painting are severely cracked.

  16. The Flying Dutchman by Ryder

  17. Siegfried and the Rhine Maidens by Ryder

  18. The Forest of Arden by Ryder

  19. Detail of The Forest of Arden by Ryder

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