A child's biography of French artist Henri Rousseau, who spent his life as a toll collector, but created unheralded masterpieces in his spare time.

A brief biography of this French artist accompanies color reproductions and analyses of fifteen of his paintings.

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The ninteenth-century French painter who captured the sights of Paris talks about his life and work as if entertaining the reader for the weekend. Includes reproductions of the artist's work and a list of museums where they are on display.

"Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau's bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as childish and simplistic, but his unique and tenacious style soon won acclaim. After 1886, he exhibited regularly at Paris's prestigious Salon des Independants, and in 1908 he received a legendary banquet...