1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
During the Armistice is a 1916 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two people standing outside. One person is looking up, hands clasped, wearing a long coat and hat. The other person sits on the ground, head down, with a dog lying beside them. The lines are rough and quick, like hurried notes. The person standing looks lost in thought, maybe praying or just daydreaming. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to show movement and emotion. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
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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