1914
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Lourdes, 1914, 25th International Eucharistic Congress is a 1914 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, depicting Chalice, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a scene from the 25th International Eucharistic Congress in Lourdes. It's a lithograph poster with green and black ink on wove paper. The image is from 1914. The artist used simple lines and shapes to create the scene. The poster has a lot of detail, like the crowds and buildings. It looks like it was made to advertise the event. To learn more about how this was made, look into the technique: 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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