The Dream ☱ Rousseau ☷ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte Entrance to the port of

Entrance to the port of La Rochelle (1921

reflects a conception of distant tropical places as wild and uncivilized

Gauguin's last major work produced before he went to Tahiti

Dans les Vagues) by Paul Gauguin was created during his time in a small coastal village called Pont-Aven where he sought to immerse himself in nature and escape modern civilization

following the example of Rembrandt

The Dream ☱ Rousseau ☷ Art Print Paper Finish:Smooth Matte Entrance to the port ofThe Dream (1910, Le Rve) by Henri Rousseau is one of more than 25 jungle scenes he painted. It is a surreal portrait of Yadwigha, Rousseau's Polish mistress from his youth, lying naked on a divan. She gazes over a landscape of lush jungle foliage and lotus flowers, listening to a snake charmer playing the flute, surrounded by animals including birds, monkeys, an elephant, a lion and lioness, and a snake. An interpretation offered by Rousseau is that