Tristan Tzara and the plays of the Douanier Rousseau

• Autores: Nancy Ireson
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 146, Nº 1218, 2004, págs. 616-621
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1947, Tristan Tzara published an important new assessment of the Douanier Rousseau that included the publication and analysis of two of Rousseau's three forgotten plays. The plays, which Rousseau wrote in the last years of the 19th century, had fallen into obscurity. Tzara published Une visite à l'exposition de 1889and La vengeance de l'orpheline russe. In the accompanying article, Tzara argued that Rousseau was a modern “Renaissance man,” explaining that he viewed technique as merely a means to an end, expression being the ultimate aim. Tzara further argued that the novel construction of Rousseau's paintings could be elucidated by a study of the organization of the scenes and action of his plays. The writer goes on to discuss the various reasons behind Tzara's decision not to publish the third play, L'Etudiant en goguette.