1920
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Qual (Torment) is a 1920 ink by Walter Gramatté, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a rough, dark scene with two figures lying on a bed. The shapes are jagged and uneven, with lots of black and gray. There’s a hint of pink and yellow in the faces and sheets, but it’s mostly shadowy. The artist used a printing method that lets colors sit on top of each other unevenly. This makes the image look like it’s scratched or half-finished. Next, check out lithography to see how this technique works.
Walter Gramatté (8 January 1897 in Berlin – 9 February 1929 in Hamburg) was a German expressionist painter who specialized in magic realism.
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