Paul Ranson was one of the first Nabis and the new group held its meetings in his home at 25 boulevard du Montparnasse. His home was dubbed "the temple" and he was called "the Nabis who is more Japanese than the Japanese Nabi (Pierre Bonnard)." Ranson created paintings, tapestries, and prints that were characterized by a lively imagination, arabesque forms, and bold black outlines. This color lithograph incorporates many of these tendencies and Tiger in the Jungle was eventually woven into a tapestry at the Gobelins factory in 1910Ð11.