100 Great Artists

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Rou,"",au r<1'eal,,] a ""'nge mixture of among his ""quaintances _ Rous"'au heg1 n

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in hiso",n artistictalen •. lie h,d und ..... g,,"" .he ",hich he "'main{"(llor"1 fo< .he "'st of his lilt:.

u,"" I eIL,,,,,,,tary sc]y,,~ing but a. Su ne I. )in. he Rous"'au's I" in.ings are .erm{"(l 'na'IYe' bu.

beCime {"()""inN,1 that I" in.ing w~s his true .his ,~)e'n '. imply that .her an: in"inctual. On

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had p"-"lud,,lan school. Ci re, usi ng numerOUS ske.ches and pictun:

La.e" Rou""~u wen' ahead and obtained a ",f<TCn""'. Some m,x::"',,] him 1(" going as fa,

copyi,,'. Cin] 1(" the Lo",'''', "'h ..... e he sl'en. a 2S taking his sitterS' mCiSl"L,,,ents 1(" p'IO'tnits,

lot of time stu'i)'ing the early Italians. He Ille' 2S if he w ..... e a .ailor, bu. he waS mastcring

the IX){"IS Jarr)" and de Gou'men., ",ho ana"""yand 1 IO'0llOn;Ofl .he be" "'"'y he Ime ....

c,. ",,,i,.;i')f)ed ~ li.hograph li-u", him f,IO' .h,;, Once P'-" .he prep"a"IO'y stages Rou<se~u's

,e"ie ... , L'/magin, and hefo", long Rous",a u imagination toul off, and .he unrem,rlable

found him",lf a,h"itt{"(] '0 the w'IO'ld of wri ...... s onc_ti me toll colltt"', hecamc .he cxo.ic

and artists. Encourlg"l by the ""'~"ny of the storyteller who", un ique im"gt:s are now

,,'an.-ganle _ in the end he I"",d such namOS as "''')gnizcd and admi",l eH"ywhen:.