Markel’s text has a sweetness and simplicity that allows children to understand the story’s underpinnings, giving them someone to root for. Even though the main character is a middle-aged man, children will be drawn to the story of someone whom no one believes in becoming a star anyway. But other, younger, artists are taking notice by the end of his life, Rousseau is starting to be recognized as a master. Still, he continues turning out lush paintings filled with flora and fauna, and the critics continue panning him. An excited Rousseau waits to hear what the critics say after his first exhibit. Nature is his muse and observation is his teacher. Forty-year-old toll collector Henri Rousseau wants to be an artist, despite the fact that not a single person has ever told him he is talented. *Starred Review* The career of artist Henri Rousseau gets a wonderfully child-friendly treatment in a book that captures both his personality and the essence of his pictures.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |