1914
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'avocat invectivé (The Lawyer Abused) is a 1914 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a tense scene in a courtroom. A lawyer in a long coat is leaning forward, hands raised as if shouting. Two guards in heavy uniforms stand behind him, looking stern and ready to act. The room has tall windows and a raised bench, but the focus is on the lawyer’s angry posture. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and emotion. The guards’ uniforms and the lawyer’s coat are drawn simply, but the tension is clear. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
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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