1910
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Evanouissement à l'audience (Fainting at the Hearing) is a 1910 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people in a courtroom. One woman in a hat leans forward, another woman slumps in a chair with her head back, and a man stands behind her. The lines are loose and quick, like hurried scribbles. The slumped woman’s pose suggests she’s fainting. The artist used a mix of light and dark lines to show movement and emotion. Check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how this technique works.
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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