1867
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Edouard Manet is a 1867 by Félix Bracquemond, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white sketch of a bearded man with curly hair and a high forehead. His face is drawn in loose, sketchy lines, with heavy shading around his eyes and beard. The collar of his shirt peeks out below his chin, and the artist’s signature is faintly scrawled in the bottom left corner. The sketch looks like it was made quickly, with quick strokes that capture the man’s features but leave some areas rough. The shading gives his face a three-dimensional feel, even though it’s just pencil or charcoal. If you like this style, check out chiaroscuro next—it’s the technique behind the strong light-and-shadow contrast here.
Félix Henri Bracquemond (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter, etcher, and printmaker.
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