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Gary Hodges (born 1954) is a British artist and publisher much admired internationally for his graphite pencil wildlife art. [1] His original drawings and limited edition prints have sold widely in the UK and throughout the world and is collected by large numbers of ordinary citizens, many not previously seeing themselves as "art collectors".
In 1966, the Philbrook Museum of Art displayed a solo exhibit of Tiger's art. [2] During this time, he lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma. [4] Tiger was compared to Rembrandt and Francisco Goya because of his ability to draw an object or person after a short glance. [1] He worked in oil, watercolor, tempera, casein, pencil, and pen and ink. [4]
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a large cat and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia.It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes.
Pencil drawings were not known before the 17th century, [1] with the modern concept of pencil drawings taking shape in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1] Pencil drawings succeeded the older metalpoint drawing stylus, which used metal instead of graphite. [1] Modern artists continue to use the graphite pencil for artworks and sketches. [1]
A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother is an 1830–1831 painting by French artist Eugène Delacroix depicting two enormous tigers "playing" with each other. Painted early in his career, it shows how the artist was attracted to animal subjects in this period. [ 1 ]
Sketch (pencil). — A young woman dressing (central emblem). p. 5. Sketch. (pen and ink) A man in a Roman toga p. 6. Sketch (pen and ink) Tiger. Tiger's head. A man hiding in a house. For the Designs to a Series of Ballads of William Hayley: p. 7. Sketch (pencil). Three figures p. 8. Sketch (pencil). A composition with 2 or 3 figures p. 9.
George Stubbs draw realistic portraits of the cats, including one that was partially dissected. Eugène Delacroix depicted tigers in several of this paintings and drawings including A Young Tiger Playing with Its Mother (1830–1831) which shows the gentler side of the animal.
Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle paintings for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce on its prey in the midst of a raging gale.