Tropical Forest & The Lion
Enjoy this playful, almost child-like 1907 oil on canvas painting by Henri Rousseau on a range of Arty Stuff gifts and homeware, including phone and tablet cases, cushions and tote bags, wall art and tableware.
Originally named 'Repast of the Lion', this work was probably shown in the Salon d'Automne of 1907, but it treats a theme that Rousseau first explored in Surprised! of 1891 (National Gallery, London).
He based the exotic vegetation of his many jungle pictures on studies that he made in Paris’s botanical gardens, and adapted the wild beasts from popular ethnographic journals and illustrated children's books. Rousseau’s nickname, "le Douanier," derives from his job as a customs official.
Credit: Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951
