1846
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Tiger Sleeping in the Desert (Tigre couché dans le désert) is a 1846 ink by Eugène Delacroix, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a tiger curled up in a desert landscape. The lines are scratchy and uneven, giving the whole scene a rough, sketchy feel. The animal’s fur looks fuzzy, and the background is filled with wavy, almost chaotic marks that suggest sand and distant shapes. The artist used a technique where ink is scraped into a metal plate to create the lines. This makes the image look hand-drawn and a little messy, like a quick sketch. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this one make prints.
Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix ( DEL-ə-krwah, -KRWAH; French: ; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist who was regarded as the leader of the French Romantic school.
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