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How did exhibiting The Hungry Lion with the Fauves affect Henri Rousseauâs reputation?
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Henri Rousseau
Myself: Portrait-Landscape, oil on canvas by Henri Rousseau, 1890; in the National Gallery, Prague. 146 Ă 113 cm.
When Henri Rousseau exhibited his painting The Hungry Lion (1905) at the Salon dâAutomne, it was hung in the same room as works by the Fauvesâa group of avant-garde painters that included Henri Matisse, AndrĂ© Derain, and Maurice de Vlaminck.
This exhibition proved to be a turning point for his career. Following this event, critics began to speak of Rousseau in a positive light for the first time. Additionally, the prominent modern art dealer Ambroise Vollard began purchasing his pictures, and Rousseau became a popular figure among avant-garde artists and intellectuals, eventually earning the admiration of figures such as Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire.1