The Equatorial Jungle

Name: The Equatorial Jungle
Brand: Henri Rousseau
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1909 · oil · Henri Rousseau

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The Equatorial Jungle by Henri Rousseau, shown at 32 × 32 in (81.3 × 81.3 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, living — Shown at 32 × 32 in (81.3 × 81.3 cm) in Arber Light Walnut · Living room

The Equatorial Jungle by Henri Rousseau, shown at 32 × 32 in (81.3 × 81.3 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, hotel guest room — Shown at 32 × 32 in (81.3 × 81.3 cm) in Arber Light Walnut · Hotel guest room

Story

A thick tropical forest fills the composition, its many shades of green stacked in overlapping layers from bottom to top. Pink blossoms cluster at the left edge while white flowers open on the right side, and a tiny human figure stands almost lost among the surrounding foliage. The piece, titled The Equatorial Jungle, was painted in 1909 using oil, and it now belongs to the National Gallery of Art. Its creator, Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), was a French artist associated with naïve art, and he also produced The Dream. Looking closely, the figure's small scale against the towering plants gives a sense of how vast and enclosing this invented jungle feels, as though the vegetation might swallow any trace of human presence within its dense, layered depths of color and shadow.