每个时代都有它的先知。被奉为二十世纪超现实主义艺术先行者的却是亨利·卢梭,一个白铁工和五金商的儿子,一个退休的收税员。这大概会令职业画家们钦羡之余又生嫉妒吧。《卢梭》一书记录了这位业余画家在一则小传中的自我介绍:“亨利·卢梭,生于一八四四年,拉瓦尔人。年轻时,他在父母的压力之下选择了职业,力不胜任,也有负于艺术才能的召唤。于是,延宕至一八八五年,经过多次失望之后,才初进艺术之门。他凭着本能画画,……他认为创作者 Every age has its prophets. Known as the forerunner of twentieth-century surrealism, Henry Rousseau, the son of a white-iron worker and hardware trader, a retired tax collector. This will probably make professional painters envy envy of it. Rousseau recorded a self-introduction by the amateur artist in a biography: "Henry Rousseau was born in Laval in 1844. In his youth, he chose under the pressure of his parents , Unsupported and summoned by the artistic genius, he delayed his career until 1885. After many disappointments, he entered the door of art with his own instinct to paint ... He believes that the creator