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 WASHINGTON (AP) - French artist Henri Rousseau painted bold, exotic jungle scenes largely from his imagination. Little did he know the wild steps that would be taken a century later to present his works to a U.S. audience.
From humidity-control foam to microscopic touchups, the first all-Rousseau retrospective in two decades has required intensive preparation, construction, restoration and transportation — typical for a high-profile exhibit.
The National Gallery of Art allowed The Associated Press a behind-the-scenes look at how priceless works of art make their way from Paris to Washington, how walls are built in a stripped-down, warehouse-size gallery space and how curators decide which painting goes where.
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