Henri Rousseau
E146493
Henri Rousseau was a self-taught French Post-Impressionist painter best known for his dreamlike jungle scenes and naive, richly detailed style.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henri Rousseau canonical | 25 |
| Henri Julien Félix Rousseau | 2 |
| Henri Rousseau's jungle paintings | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845774 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henri Rousseau Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Henri Rousseau]
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A.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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B.
Félix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss-French painter and printmaker known for his bold, graphic woodcuts and his association with the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis.
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C.
Aimé Millet
Aimé Millet was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his monumental public works and contributions to Parisian architectural decoration.
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D.
Paul Sérusier
Paul Sérusier was a French Post-Impressionist painter and key member of the Nabis group, known for his boldly colored, synthetist works that helped bridge Impressionism and modernist abstraction.
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E.
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy was a French painter and designer known for his colorful, decorative style and lively depictions of leisure scenes, which made him a key figure in early 20th-century modern art.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henri Rousseau Target entity description: Henri Rousseau was a self-taught French Post-Impressionist painter best known for his dreamlike jungle scenes and naive, richly detailed style.
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A.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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B.
Félix Vallotton
Félix Vallotton was a Swiss-French painter and printmaker known for his bold, graphic woodcuts and his association with the Post-Impressionist group Les Nabis.
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C.
Aimé Millet
Aimé Millet was a 19th-century French sculptor known for his monumental public works and contributions to Parisian architectural decoration.
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D.
Paul Sérusier
Paul Sérusier was a French Post-Impressionist painter and key member of the Nabis group, known for his boldly colored, synthetist works that helped bridge Impressionism and modernist abstraction.
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E.
Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy was a French painter and designer known for his colorful, decorative style and lively depictions of leisure scenes, which made him a key figure in early 20th-century modern art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French painter
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Post-Impressionist artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticPeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1844-05-21 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Laval, Mayenne, France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1910-09-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
|
| education | self-taught in painting ⓘ |
| employer |
Paris customs office
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linked to:
French customs authorities
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| exhibitedAt | Salon des Indépendants ⓘ |
| familyName |
Rousseau
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linked to:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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| field | painting ⓘ |
| fullName |
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau
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linked to:
Henri Rousseau
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| genre |
allegorical painting
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landscape painting ⓘ portrait painting ⓘ |
| givenName | Henri ⓘ |
| influenced |
Naïve and outsider artists
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Pablo Picasso ⓘ Surrealist painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
academic art
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botanical gardens in Paris ⓘ illustrated books ⓘ |
| knownFor |
dreamlike jungle scenes
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fantastical compositions ⓘ naive, richly detailed style ⓘ |
| movement |
Naïve art
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Post-Impressionism ⓘ Primitivism ⓘ
linked to:
Naïve art
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| name | Henri Rousseau ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| nickname | Le Douanier Rousseau ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Dream
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The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope ⓘ The Sleeping Gypsy ⓘ The Snake Charmer ⓘ Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) ⓘ War (The Ride of Discord) ⓘ |
| occupation |
customs officer
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painter ⓘ |
| residence |
Paris, France
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linked to:
Paris
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| style |
highly detailed foliage and patterning
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naïve ⓘ self-taught ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Henri Rousseau Description of subject: Henri Rousseau was a self-taught French Post-Impressionist painter best known for his dreamlike jungle scenes and naive, richly detailed style.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Henri Rousseau
linked to: Henri Rousseau
linked to: Henri Rousseau