1914
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Lourdes, 1914, 25th International Eucharistic Congress is a 1914 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a scene from the 25th International Eucharistic Congress in Lourdes. The event was a big deal, and the artist made a poster for it. The poster is simple, with just black ink on paper, which was a common way to make posters back then. You can learn more about the technique used to make this poster, called lithography.
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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