Henri Rousseau · 1891
Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)
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Rousseau's first jungle painting — a tiger crouching mid-leap in the bent grass of a lightning storm. National Gallery, London.
Up to 14 × 11 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)
Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle paintings for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce on its prey in the midst of a raging gale.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Henri Rousseau
Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier, a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.
All Henri Rousseau prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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