1870
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Sieglinde and Siegmund from Act I of "The Valkyrie" is a 1870 ink by Henri Fantin-Latour, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows two people hugging tightly in the dark. Their faces blend together, almost like one shape. The lines around them are rough and scratchy, like quick sketches. The artist used a technique that lets you see the marks made by the tool. It’s not smooth—it looks like the artist worked fast. Next, check out lithography to see how this kind of drawing is made.
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour (French pronunciation: ; 14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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