PAINTER

Henri Rousseau

1844 - 1910

Photo of Henri Rousseau

Icon of person Henri Rousseau

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (French: [ɑ̃ʁi ʒyljɛ̃ feliks ʁuso]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Rousseau has received more than 1,833,786 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Henri Rousseau is the 68th most popular painter, the 185th most popular biography from France (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Painter.

Henri Rousseau was a French painter who is most famous for his paintings of jungle scenes.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Henri Rousseau ranks 68 out of 2,023. Before him are Théodore Géricault, Alphonse Mucha, Giovanni Bellini, Francis Bacon, Frans Hals, and Georges Seurat. After him are Lucas Cranach the Elder, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Piero della Francesca, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Ilya Repin.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Henri Rousseau ranks 9. Before him are Sarah Bernhardt, Anatole France, Paul Verlaine, Mehmed V, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Bernadette Soubirous. After him are Ilya Repin, Umberto I of Italy, Mary Cassatt, Ludwig Boltzmann, Alexandra of Denmark, and Peter I of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1910, Henri Rousseau ranks 8. Before him are Henry Dunant, Mark Twain, Florence Nightingale, Robert Koch, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and William James. After him are Edward VII, Nadar, Chulalongkorn, O. Henry, Mily Balakirev, and Marius Petipa.

Others Born in 1844

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1910

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Henri Rousseau ranks 185 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Francis II of France (1544), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), Georges Seurat (1859), Carlo Buonaparte (1746), and Louis Daguerre (1787). After him are Pope Clement VI (1291), Louis X of France (1289), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Louis Bonaparte (1778), Saint Roch (1295), and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Henri Rousseau ranks 18. Before him are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864), Nicolas Poussin (1594), Georges Braque (1882), Jean-François Millet (1814), Théodore Géricault (1791), and Georges Seurat (1859). After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796), Gustave Doré (1832), François Boucher (1703), Alfred Sisley (1839), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), and Berthe Morisot (1841).

French born Painters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous