In preparation for our trip to NYC our art class is studying artists featured at the Museum of Modern Art, beginning with Henri Rousseau. Rousseau was originally a toll collector in Paris who taught himself to paint and became a player on the fin-de-siecle Parisian art scene. His large tableaux of "imaginary jungles" have been both criticized and celebrated for their dream-like qualities and child-like naiveté; Rousseau never left Paris but studied animals and jungle flora in library books and at the Paris zoo.
Like Rousseau, we decided to paint places we had imagined but never been in conjunction with a study of watercolor and perspective.
Featured Artists: Shindawia, "Desert/Mountains;" Henri Rousseau, "The Dream;" Freddonia, "Plains;" Rayneisha, "New York;" Candace, "Desert;" Katy, "Beach Sunset;" Derrick "Hotlanta;" Moesha,"Las Vegas;" Tyeshia, "Mountain Home"
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