Who painted “The Muse Inspiring the Poet”?

“The Muse Inspiring the Poet” was painted by Henri Rousseau in 1909. Where to see it: Kunstmuseum Basel.

What to look for

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

Test yourself: a round on Henri Rousseau

More by Henri Rousseau

“The Sleeping Gypsy”, 1897
“Tiger in a Tropical Storm”, 1891
“La encantadora de serpientes”, 1907
“Myself: Portrait – Landscape”, 1890
“The Dream”, 1910
“Carnival Evening”, 1886
“The Football Players”, 1908
“Jaguar Attacking a Horse”, 1910