Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville
1830
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bird's Eye View of a Man and Woman Conversing is a 1830 graphite by Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a man and woman sitting on a bench, drawn from above. Their heads are oversized, and their bodies are tiny, like dolls. The background has a few other small figures and objects, but they’re blurry. The artist played with size to make the scene look funny and dreamy. The loose lines feel like quick notes, not a finished drawing. Next, check out Grandville, Jean-Ignace-Isidore—he loved mixing humor with strange perspectives.
Jean-Ignace-Isidore Grandville (1829–1829) was an artist.
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