Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844 –1910) was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

Interactive flipbook from our Collection "The Painters - Masterpieces in Motion", a tribute to some of the greatest painters of all time. Each of the ten 6-in-1 flipbooks contains six of each artist’s masterpieces, taking you on a journey from the brushstroke to the big picture. It also includes an augmented reality feature to discover the artist’s most important work.

Animated Paintings:

The Dream (Le Rêve) - 1910
The Sleeping Gypsy (La Bohémienne endormie) - 1897
Woman Walking in an Exotic Forest (Femme se promenant dans une forêt exotique) - 1905
Self-Portrait (Myself: Portrait – Landscape) - 1890
War (La Guerre, La chevauchée de la Discorde) - 1894
A Centennial of Independence (Un centenaire de l'Indépendance) - 1892