Indian Struggling with a Gorilla ☳ Rousseau ☵ Canvas nature The model is standing by

The model is standing by a window

partially buried in the ice

another smoker and a military officer share a table with a clown in bright white costume

Munch himself described the origin: "I saw the sun rise up above the cliffs – I painted the sun

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1886) by Georges Seurat is his most famous painting

Indian Struggling with a Gorilla ☳ Rousseau ☵ Canvas nature The model is standing byTropical Landscape: American Indian Struggling with a Gorilla (1910) by Henri Rousseau is emblematic of his characteristically inaccurate depictions and mixing of exotic peoples, animals and plant life. It depicts an American Indian fighting a gorilla in a lush, tropical jungle setting, presenting his sincere fascination and curiosity for non European cultures, which he perceived as poetic. The fight between man and beast, against a background of