Description
Henri Rousseau – The Football Players
| Year of creation: | 1908 |
| Original size: | 80.3 cm x 100.3 cm |
| Painting style: | Post-impressionism |
| Original technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Located: | Guggenheim Museum, New York |
The painting The Football Players is mostly interpreted as Rousseau’s whimsical attempt to depict modern times. But it’s hard to find the right words to describe the image of the rugby players as twins in striped pyjamas.
Rousseau knew how to show all kinds of clumsiness and academic shortcomings, and all this with a great deal of absurdity.
