1910
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le repas à Emmaus (3e planche) (The Supper at Emmaus) (third plate) is a 1910 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three figures in a dimly lit room. One person sits at a table, head bowed, while another leans over them. Behind them, a third figure stands, arms crossed. The walls are dark, and a window lets in faint light. The lines are loose and scratchy, almost like hurried notes. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create these deep, webby textures in the background. The rough lines make the scene feel alive but unfinished. Check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists like this one layer marks into metal plates.
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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