Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised!

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Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an oil painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of his jungle paintings for which he later became known for. The painting shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, who is preparing to pounce on its prey in the middle of a raging storm.

Unable to have a painting accepted by the jury of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Rousseau exhibited Tiger in a Tropical Storm under the title Surpris!, at the Salon des Indépendants, which was open to all artists. The painting received mixed reviews. Rousseau was a late developer. His first known work, Landscape with a Windmill, was not produced until he was 35. Most critics mocked Rousseau's work as childish, but Félix Vallotton, a young Swiss painter who was later to be an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut, said of it:

"His tiger surprising its prey is a 'must-see'; it's the alpha and omega of painting and so disconcerting that, before so much competency and childish naïveté, the most deeply rooted convictions are held up and questioned."

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
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Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an oil painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of his jungle paintings for which he later became known for. The painting shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, who is preparing to pounce on its prey in the middle of a raging storm.

Unable to have a painting accepted by the jury of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Rousseau exhibited Tiger in a Tropical Storm under the title Surpris!, at the Salon des Indépendants, which was open to all artists. The painting received mixed reviews. Rousseau was a late developer. His first known work, Landscape with a Windmill, was not produced until he was 35. Most critics mocked Rousseau's work as childish, but Félix Vallotton, a young Swiss painter who was later to be an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut, said of it:

"His tiger surprising its prey is a 'must-see'; it's the alpha and omega of painting and so disconcerting that, before so much competency and childish naïveté, the most deeply rooted convictions are held up and questioned."

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an oil painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of his jungle paintings for which he later became known for. The painting shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, who is preparing to pounce on its prey in the middle of a raging storm.

Unable to have a painting accepted by the jury of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Rousseau exhibited Tiger in a Tropical Storm under the title Surpris!, at the Salon des Indépendants, which was open to all artists. The painting received mixed reviews. Rousseau was a late developer. His first known work, Landscape with a Windmill, was not produced until he was 35. Most critics mocked Rousseau's work as childish, but Félix Vallotton, a young Swiss painter who was later to be an important figure in the development of the modern woodcut, said of it:

"His tiger surprising its prey is a 'must-see'; it's the alpha and omega of painting and so disconcerting that, before so much competency and childish naïveté, the most deeply rooted convictions are held up and questioned."

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 5.57 oz/y² (189 g/m²)
• Giclée printing quality
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%