Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)
The story
A tiger crouches mid-leap through a green tropical thicket as rain slashes across the canvas at a violent diagonal. Painted in 1891 — Rousseau's first jungle picture, exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants.
- Artist
- Henri Rousseau
- Year
- 1891
- Period
- Impressionist
- Where it lives
- National Gallery London
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
