Art Traveling
Henri Rousseau / The Wedding Party

The Wedding Party

1905 · Oil on canvas

A wedding party, a priest and a dog among them, stands for a stiff group portrait rendered in Rousseau's flat, dreamlike naïve style.

LocationParis, France
Genrefamily portrait
Dimensions163 × 114 cm

Why it matters

A wedding party poses between trees, with the bride seeming to float in the air and an oversized black dog in front. Rousseau introduced deliberate oddities into the scene.

Did you know?

  • It dates from around 1905.
  • Eight figures are shown full length.
  • It is in the Musée de l'Orangerie.

Based on the French Wikipedia article La Noce (Rousseau) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

More by Henri Rousseau
artwork
The Snake Charmer
Musée d'Orsay
1907
artwork
Strollers in a Park
Musée de l'Orangerie
1905
artwork
Portrait of the Second Wife of the Artist
Musée Picasso
1900
artwork
Portrait of the Artist with an Oil Lamp
Musée Picasso
1902
artwork
The Representatives of Foreign Powers Coming to Greet the Republic as a Sign of Peace
Musée Picasso
1907
artwork
The Sleeping Gypsy
MoMA
1897
artwork
The Dream
MoMA
1910
artwork
The Football Players
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1908
artwork
Notre Dame
The Phillips Collection
1909
artwork
Myself: Portrait – Landscape
National Gallery Prague
1890
artwork
Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo
Cleveland Museum of Art
1908
artwork
Tiger in a Tropical Storm
The National Gallery
1891
Similar works: Post-Impressionism
artwork
Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh Museum
artwork
The Potato Eaters
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh Museum
artwork
Bedroom in Arles
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh Museum
artwork
The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh
MoMA
artwork
Apples and Oranges
Paul Cézanne
Musée d'Orsay
artwork
Arearea
Paul Gauguin
Musée d'Orsay