1892
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Horses in the Meadow (Chevaux dans la prairie) is a 1892 ink by Edgar Degas, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a single horse grazing in a wide, open field. The background has faint lines for distant hills and a few tiny buildings. The horse’s fur and the land are drawn with loose, scratchy lines—no smooth shading. The artist used a soft, chalky method to make the lines blend into the paper. This isn’t a polished drawing; it looks like quick, sketchy notes. Next, check out etching to see how artists like Degas made prints with acid and plates.
Born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas on 19 July 1834 in Paris, Edgar Degas came from an affluent banking family with aristocratic roots and spent his childhood among the cultivated circles of the French capital.
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