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Tiger by Franz Marc, 1912
Cleveland Museum of Art · wikidata.org
Public domain
This print was meant for an illustrated Bible — Marc was working through the Genesis story with animals standing in for it. The other one in the set showed horses; museum notes call this one the more menacing of the two.
Erisava: It took me a second to even spot the tiger in all this.
Tiger in a Tropical Storm by Henri Rousseau, 1891
National Gallery · wikidata.org
Public domain
This was the first of the jungle scenes, from what I can find, and it got laughed at when it went up. He was painting around a customs job with no training anyone respected, and he said the plants came out of the Paris hothouses and picture books rather than anywhere hot.
Erisava: The rain's just straight silver lines drawn over the top. Somehow it still works.