Love Scene from Act III of "Lohengrin"
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1886
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Love Scene from Act III of "Lohengrin" is a 1886 ink by Henri Fantin-Latour, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows two shadowy figures tangled together in a dark, swirling space. Their faces blend into the heavy black lines, and the background looks like a stormy sky or tangled fabric. Light streaks across one figure’s arm, making it stand out slightly. The artist used scratchy, uneven lines to create the whole scene—like drawing with a rough pencil. This was a print, not a painting, and the texture makes it feel almost like a sketch. Next, check out lithography to see how artists made prints like this.
