"A Centennial of Independence," Henri Rousseau, 1892.

Rousseau (1844-1910) was a self-taught French painter, technically of the Post-Impressionist school, but usually classed as a Naive or Primitive artist. I prefer "Visionary" myself. He was ridiculed in his lifetime for his style but not long before Rousseau's death, he was discovered by Picasso who declared him a genius. When he passed he was finally starting to get the attention and acclaim that had been his due. To this day he's a major influence on avant-garde artists.

The First French Republic was declared on September 21st, 1792, and although it only lasted until 1804, it was still considered a significant day to be celebrated. Here we have peasants dancing, and what look like picnickers in the background. The two women in the center of the circle, carrying flags representing the First and Third Republics (the Third Republic lasted from 1870 to 1940), may be allegorical figures, along with the folks to the right in 18th century dress. Or they're in costumes for the occasion. It's hard to tell with Rousseau, which is what makes him fascinating.

From the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

#Art #HenriRousseau #VisionaryArt #ViveLaFrance #ViveLaRevolution #HurrahForFreedom #LiberteEgaliteFranternite

The Watchful Guardian of Innocence and Mystery

#SurrealArt
#MysticalPainting
#AbstractArt
#Symbolism
#BodyAndSpirit
#ArtWithMeaning
#DreamlikeArt
#VisionaryArt
#CreativeExpression
#InnocenceAndMystery

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The Birth of Venus and Ana Suromai - Paintings by Amanda Sage. I highly recommend checking out all of her work.

https://www.amandasage.com/

https://fractalenlightenment.com/14341/artwork/lifting-the-skirt-with-amanda-sages-art

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"Sonata No. 6 (Stellar Sonata)," Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, 1908.

Čiurlionis (1875-1911) was a Lithuanian artist and composer, best remembered for a series of abstract paintings in which he sought to visually capture musical composition.

This work is one of two that feature a musicalized version of outer space as well as a vision of divinity. We have an orb swirling in the mist, a vision of the solar system, an angelic being, and a pyramid...or is it a beam of light?

Čiurlionis felt he had synesthesia; he saw music as colors and images, and vice versa, and much of his work was an attempt to express that. Some of his early work was Art Nouveau or Symbolist, but this marks his emergence as a pioneer of Abstract art. His work is strange and compelling; like Hilma af Klint, there's a sense of a profound inner vision, highly personal and difficult to discern.

From the M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania.

#Art #AbstractArt #MikalojusKonstantinasČiurlionis
#Synesthesia #MusicAsArt #VisionaryArt

Music: 𝘕𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘳 (𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵. 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘢, 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮 & 𝘖𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤
You wanna know why you're so stressed? It's 'cause you're sittin' there doin' nothin' about the stuff you can actually control. Simple as that.

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