Description
Henri Rousseau – The Dream
| Year of creation: | 1910 |
| Original size: | 298.47 cm x 207.1 cm |
| Painting style: | Post-impressionism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
The painting The Dream is Rousseau’s last painting, created just a few months before the artist’s death.
The picture shows a woman on an armchair who dreams that she has been transported to the jungle, where she followed the snake charmer’s whistle.
The poet and critic Apollinaire wrote about the painting that it radiates beauty.
