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Art Elements and Principles• Color

• Shape

• Repetition/Rhythm

• Contrast

Self-Portrait of the Artist with a lamp1903

Oil on canvas, 9-1/16” x 7-1/2”Musee Picasso, Paris

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Myself: Portrait-Landscape1890

Oil on canvas, 56-5/16” x 43-5/16”National Gallery of Prague,

Czechoslovakia

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Carnival Evening1886

Oil on canvas, 42-3/4” x 35-3/4”Philadelphia Museum of Art,

Pennsylvania

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Surprise!1891oil on canvas, 50-1/2” x 63-1/2”National Gallery, London

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The Sleeping Gypsy1897oil on canvas, 51” x 79”Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Child with a Puppet1903

Oil on canvas, 39-5/8” x 31-7/8”Kunstverein, Winterthur, Switzerland

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Repast of the Lion1905oil on canvas, 44-5/8” x 63”The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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The Snake Charmer1907oil on canvas, 68-1/8” x 74-3/4”Musée D’Orsay, Paris

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The Football Players1908

Oil on canvas, 39-5/8” x 39”The Solomon R. Guggenheim

Museum, New York

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The Avenue in the Park at St. Cloud1907-08oil on canvas, 18-1/2” x 14-3/4”Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany

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Exotic Landscape1908

Oil on canvas, 46-1/2” x 35-5/8”Private Collection

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Forest Landscape with Setting Sun1910oil on canvas, 45-5/8” x 65”Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland

Henri Rousseau (1844-1910)French Post-Impressionist painter

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Tropical Landscape – An American Indian Struggling with a Gorilla1910oil on canvas, 44-3/4” x 64”Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia

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The Dream1910oil on canvas, 79-1/24” x 117-3/4”Museum of Modern Art, New YorkMuseum of Modern Art Video