1890
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Hussars Riding Single File is a 1890 ink by George Hendrik Breitner, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a row of horse riders moving in a line across a field. The horses and riders are drawn in a simple, sketchy style with dark lines against a light background. The ground is filled with short, jagged marks that look like grass or dirt. The loose, quick lines suggest the artist was capturing motion rather than detail. This style was common in etching, where the artist scratches into a metal plate to create the image. Look up etching to see how this technique works.
George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer.
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