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Who painted “Myself: Portrait – Landscape”?

“Myself: Portrait – Landscape” was painted by Henri Rousseau in 1890. Where to see it: National Gallery Prague.

Myself: Portrait – Landscape — Henri Rousseau

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Henri Rousseau: naive, flat, carefully outlined jungles with every leaf separate, wide-eyed animals and dreamlike stillness.

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (21 May 1844 – 2 September 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. Wikipedia

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