1918
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
a) Après Douai (After Douai) (recto); b) Figure (verso) is a 1918 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, depicting World War I, held at National Gallery of Art.
Jean-Louis Forain’s study has two sides. One shows a few swift brush lines in watercolor. The other is just black crayon on the same paper. Forain worked fast, often in cafés. These sketches feel like quick notes, not finished pictures. The paper’s laid texture shows through the thin ink. Look for how the crayon side feels like a shadow version of the watercolor one. Find more sketches by Forain, Jean-Louis.
Jean-Louis Forain (French pronunciation: ; 23 October 1852 – 11 July 1931) was a French Impressionist painter and printmaker, working in media including oils, watercolour, pastel, etching and lithograph.
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