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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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

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.

About the artist

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.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)— questions & answers

›What does Tiger in a Tropical Storm depict?

A tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce on its prey in the midst of a raging gale. Painted in 1891 and also titled Surprised!, it was the first of the jungle paintings for which Rousseau is chiefly known.

›Where is Tiger in a Tropical Storm?

The original hangs in the National Gallery in London.

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