1908
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Danseuse et Maître d'hôtel (Dancer and Headwaiter) is a 1908 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two figures in a café—one a dancer in a bright dress, the other a stiff headwaiter in black. Their faces are sharp and unflattering, almost like quick sketches. Forain loved drawing real people in real places, not idealized types. The etching mixes three print methods: soft-ground, drypoint, and aquatint. That gives the shadows a grainy, smoky look. The paper feels rough under your fingers too. Look up Jean-Louis Forain if you like bold lines and gritty scenes.
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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