Tiger
1830
watercolor
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1830
watercolor
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Tiger is a 1830 watercolor by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, depicting tiger, held at National Gallery of Art.
This watercolor shows a tiger crouched low, its body coiled tight. The orange stripes pop against dark green shadows. Its eyes lock onto something off-canvas—you almost jump. Delacroix painted this fast, almost like a sketch. Watercolor lets him blur edges, making the tiger look alive and ready to move. Some parts are bright. Others fade into wet paper. Try Delacroix’s other tigers next.
