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Henri Rousseau
Myself: Portrait-Landscape, oil on canvas by Henri Rousseau, 1890; in the National Gallery, Prague. 146 × 113 cm.
To supplement his income while living in Paris, Henri Rousseau taught music and provided painting lessons in his home. Additionally, he worked in various minor administrative roles, most notably as a tax collector in the Paris toll office, before retiring to focus on his art full-time.12