Corner of the Plateau of Bellevue
- Artist
- Henri Rousseau
- Date
- 1901 - 1902
- Style
- Naïve art
- Genre
- Landscape
- Location
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum (RISD Museum)
"Corner of the Plateau of Bellevue" is a striking canvas landscape which captures an intriguing historical time in Suresnes. The painting showcases the vast changes in economic activities from hillsides vine-growing to flourishing industries by the river. At its forefront is the heightened significance of Mont Valérien, a vantage point that depicts the birth of the neighboring La Défense business center, housing major corporations. The artist uses oil to create the painting, emphasizing its rich history with a gentle feel that resembles Naïve art (primitivism). This yields an encapsulation of how one location swiftly evolved under the influence of growing economic sectors.
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