Monday, December 6, 2010

Rousseau Sleeping Gypsy


The Sleeping Gypsy is an oil painting by French artist Henri Rousseau. It was completed in 1897 and is one of the most recognizable pieces of modern times. Rousseau actually tried unsuccessfully to sell the painting to the mayor of his hometown. It depicts a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. It is depicted often in popular culture.

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