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Art Detectives

Blue Mona Lisa - art detective

Print this page to write your answers or download a Word or PDF version (see below). You need to visit three websites, but it is not important in which order you visit them, nor in which order you answer the questions:
www.artchive.com  Mark Harden's illustrated database of artists

www.nationalgallery.org.uk  The National Gallery, London

www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rousseau  The Web Museum, Paris

Henri Rousseau, Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)

Artist: Henri Rousseau

Painting: Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!)

 

1 What was the original title of the painting?
2 When and where was it first exhibited?
3 Where can it be seen now?
4 How was the painting a first for Rousseau?
5 Which jungle inspired the painting?
6 What are Rousseau's dates?
7 What was his nickname and why?
8 Name two of his other jungle paintings
9 Why is Rousseau known as a naïve artist?
10 Which twentieth century art movement was influenced by his style of painting?
11 Find five adjectives to describe his jungle paintings
12 Note one other interesting fact about Rousseau or the painting
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