| The Football Players | |
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| Artist | Henri Rousseau |
| Year | 1908 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Location | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
| Dimensions | 39.6 × 31.6 in |
| 100.5 × 80.3 cm | |
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| The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope | |
| The Dream | |
| A Carnival Evening | |
| The Sleeping Gypsy | |
| The Football Players | |
| The Snake Charmer | |
| Boy on the Rocks | |
| Exotic Landscape | |
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The Football Players by Henri Rousseau is a primitivism style oil painting created on canvas. It’s currently located at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Background
Rousseau wasn’t a well-known artist until he reached his late 40s, which is when he started seriously painting. He created The Football Players in 1908 to show modern times instead of historical images.
Appearance
The Football Players features a landscape with rich colors in the trees and background. There are four football players running on a path and tossing around the ball. Each of them has a handlebar mustache, and they are wearing striped pajamas. Two of the players are in pink and blue pajamas while the other two players are in orange and yellow pajamas. The path they are playing on is surrounded by trees on both sides and wooden posts that create the pathway. Two of the men have glasses on and all have smiles on their faces.