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Which art dealer bought paintings by Henri Rousseau after critics began responding positively to his work?
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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.
After critics began responding positively to the work of Henri Rousseau following his 1905 exhibition at the Salon dâAutomne, the French art dealer Ambroise Vollard began purchasing his paintings.1