Scouts Attacked by a Tiger (Éclaireurs attaqués par un tigre) (Q28130698)

description: <p>Self-taught artist Henri Rousseau created his enormous jungle scenes by studying the plants and taxidermy animals in Paris's natural history museums. Painted at the height of the colonial period, such works were popular with Parisian audiences for their theatrical presentation of France's faraway territories as exotic and violent.</p>

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