1916
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Toward Peace is a 1916 ink by Jean-Louis Forain, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows three people outdoors. A woman in a long coat and hat stands facing two men in military uniforms. One man wears a cap, the other a peaked hat. The ground has scattered rocks and a fallen log. The woman’s posture looks tense, while the men stand close together, hands clasped behind their backs. The drawing uses quick, sketchy lines with heavy shading to show light and shadow. The artist left some areas rough, giving it a hurried, almost improvised feel. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines like these.
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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