TIL that Picasso threw a party celebrating the "genius" of unskilled artist Henri Rousseau, intending to mock and embarrass him. The party was a legendary rager and catapulted Rousseau to popularity and acclaim.

http://www.biweekly.pl/article/1194-cocktail-artybanquet-for-douanier-rousseau.html



Submitted February 10, 2015 at 01:02PM by wucan http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2veart/til_that_picasso_threw_a_party_celebrating_the/