Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
View of the Quai d’Ivry near the Port-à-l’Anglais (Rousseau)

This work depicts a peaceful leisure scene on the banks of the Seine. In the foreground, a family is settled on the grass for a fishing session. The composition is clear and airy, with large flat areas of color for the water, grass, and sky. Henri Rousseau’s naive style is perfectly recognizable in the simplification of forms: the white houses with dark roofs on the opposite bank, the silhouette of a factory, the moored black boat. The sky, with its white clouds, occupies a large part of the canvas and contributes to the tranquil atmosphere. Rousseau captures a moment of simple life, a Sunday in the suburbs, and transforms it into a poetic and orderly vision, where the industrial landscape blends harmoniously into a scene of family relaxation.