{"product_id":"recollections-of-henri-rousseau","title":"Recollections of Henri Rousseau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilhelm Uhde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paintings of Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), particularly his astonishing jungle dreams, are now so popular that it is difficult to realize how they were originally greeted with ridicule and incomprehension. It was not until Rousseau was championed by the young avant-garde—Picasso, Delaunay, and Kandinsky, among others—that he came to be recognized at his true worth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the most significant of these early admirers was the dealer and art historian Wilhelm Uhde. It was Uhde who put on the first one-man show of Rousseau’s work, and the catalogue he wrote for the occasion is the basis of these \u003cem\u003eRecollections\u003c\/em\u003e. Much of what we know about Rousseau comes from these pages, which present a portrayal of a man of naivety, humor, gentleness, and total artistic commitment. Uhde returned to his text again and again, refining it and filling out telling details. The version presented here is the final, definitive text, which first appeared after World War I in a translation overseen by Uhde himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn introduction by Nancy Ireson sets the \u003cem\u003eRecollections\u003c\/em\u003e in context, with an overview of Rousseau’s career, the ebb and flow of his reputation, and the part that this polemic and elegiac text played in the creation of a new kind of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilhelm Uhde (1874–1947) was an art dealer and art historian who put on the first one-man show of Rousseau’s work. Nancy Ireson is an art historian specializing in Rousseau. She helped curate the major exhibition \u003cem\u003eRousseau: Jungles of Paris\u003c\/em\u003e (London, Paris, New York), and is the author of \u003cem\u003eInterpreting Rousseau\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAdditional titles in this series.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e96 pages \u003cbr\u003e4 1\/2 x 5 3\/4 inches\u003cbr\u003e30 color illustrations\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-60606-567-9\u003cbr\u003epaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetty Publications\u003cbr\u003eImprint: J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Lives of the Artists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50820173365387,"sku":"jro1792579580765","price":7.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/5872\/7051\/files\/recollections-of-henri-rousseau_1.jpg?v=1792579585","url":"https:\/\/steporadesign.shop\/products\/recollections-of-henri-rousseau","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}