The self-taught 'Douanier' feted by Picasso's circle at the 1908 Bateau-Lavoir banquet; he painted Apollinaire and Marie Laurencin as The Muse Inspiring the Poet, and nine of his canvases hang in the Orangerie.
Met · 1908
Apollinaire presided at the 1908 Bateau-Lavoir banquet for Rousseau, and the painter answered in kind: The Muse Inspiring the Poet, painted twice in 1909, shows Apollinaire with Marie Laurencin as his muse.
Met · 1908
The 1908 banquet in Picasso's Bateau-Lavoir studio honored the old painter, with Apollinaire presiding — the evening the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas made famous.
Met · 1908
Apollinaire presided at the 1908 Bateau-Lavoir banquet for Rousseau, and the painter answered in kind: The Muse Inspiring the Poet, painted twice in 1909, shows Apollinaire with Marie Laurencin as his muse.
Met · 1908
The 1908 banquet in Picasso's Bateau-Lavoir studio honored the old painter, with Apollinaire presiding — the evening the Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas made famous.