1894
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Étude de femme (Study of a Woman) is a 1894 ink by Eugène Carrière, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a close-up portrait of a woman’s face, drawn in soft black lines and shading. Her hair is pulled back, and her expression is calm but serious. The background is plain, keeping all the focus on her face. The artist used a simple, smooth style to show her features without extra detail. This kind of drawing was meant to study light and shape, not just make a pretty picture. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the fin-de-siècle period.
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