Carnival Evening ☰ Rousseau ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black Draping her shoulder over the

Draping her shoulder over the chair

The words "Te raau rahi" (Tahitian for "The Big Tree") appear in the lower left under the tree

also known as Hunters' Camp in the Big Horn

as if praying or mourning

painted shortly before he left Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France

Carnival Evening ☰ Rousseau ☴ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black Draping her shoulder over theCarnival Evening (1886) by Henri Rousseau depicts a couple dressed in carnival costumes, standing in front of a barren forest. The figures almost seem to glow as the moonlight behind them leaves the forest in total darkness. A strange face stares out from the tent next to them, where a random street lamp glows overhead.