1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
En somme ca n'est que du "materiel humain." is a 1916 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, depicting World War I, held at National Gallery of Art.
Jean-Louis Forain drew a man in a suit. The man wears a tall hat. He sits with his hands on his knees. The artist used black ink and crayon. Lines cross everywhere. That’s called cross-hatching. It makes shadows and shapes stand out. This sketch feels alive. The man looks tired or bored. Forain worked fast. He was a cartoonist too. He drew for magazines. The paper looks old but the lines stay crisp. Look up cross-hatching next.
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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