1909
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La sortie de l'audience (1ère planche) (Coming Out of the Hearing) (first plate) is a 1909 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a crowded, chaotic scene with five figures in a dimly lit room. One man in a tall hat stands on the left, while a woman and child cling to each other in the center. Another woman leans forward, and a shadowy figure in the back seems to be watching. The lines are rough and tangled, making everything look busy and urgent. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create these sharp, scratchy lines—it’s like they drew directly into the metal plate before printing. The texture gives the whole scene a sense of movement and noise. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this one make prints.
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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