The chair factory at Alfortville
- Artist
- Henri Rousseau
- Date
- c.1897
- Style
- Naïve art
- Genre
- Cityscape
- Location
- Musée de l'Orangerie
"The Chair Factory at Alfortville" is a striking cityscape painting that displays a narrative of the bustling industrial world. This depiction is rendered in a naïve primitivist style, featuring broad brushstrokes and bright, vivid colors that provide an appealing flatness to the work. Painted in oil on a sturdy canvas, the piece presents a snapshot of manufacturing in motion, with workers busily assembling chairs amidst the labyrinthine factory landscape. Despite its primitive style, the painting vividly captures the intriguing complexities of industrial life.
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