1915
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Le retour au foyer (The Return Home) is a 1915 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people walking together. The woman in the middle carries a bundle on her back, her head covered by a hood. The child on the left sits on the ground, looking up, while the man on the right walks ahead, also carrying something over his shoulder. The lines are loose and quick, like a rough draft. The paper has a worn look, with some smudges and marks. Try looking up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists create these kinds of sketches.
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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