Around 50 works by Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) are the focus of a new in-depth exhibition at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, entitled Henri Rousseau: The Ambition of Painting.
The painter, nicknamed "Le Douanier" in France or "the customs officer" because of his day job collecting taxes, was often derided during his lifetime and whose early artistic efforts were considered by some to be naive as he was self-taught.
