Rousseau has created this picture to be very realistic; using
these tones he has made it looks windy and raining. The main
direction is the right, and it almost seems like the tiger is trying
to escape, the facial expression and stance look scared and is
ready to runaway.

Q2. What do you find realistic
in this painting and what
looks artificial or dreamlike?

All the nature and surrounding
(plants, trees and rain) all look
realistic, but the tiger has
cartoon-like features that make it
look artificial like the face and
eyes.

I think it was because his art wasn\u2019t familiar to the people of his
time, his art is more cartoon-like and colourful, at this time art
was mostly dark and realistic

\u201cI don\u2019t know whether you feel the way I do,
but when I am in these hothouses and see
the strange plants from exotic lands it seems
to me that I am entering a dream. I feel like a
quite different person.\u201d

I think that when he enters the hothouses, he pictures in his
head a dreamlike fantasy which inspired him to paint such
detailed and vibrate designs.

I chose this picture, because for me it really stood out from the
others, I like the texture and tones he has used. The colours
are bright which make it stand out and it looks realistic.