1895
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Masque is a 1895 ink by Henri-Charles Guérard, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a single red drawing of a face with a big, exaggerated grin. The mouth is wide open, showing teeth, and the eyebrows are thick and scrunched down. The face looks like it’s wearing a mask, with a smooth, rounded head and no neck or body. The artist used a simple red line to make the whole image stand out against a light background. It’s made with a technique that lets ink sit on the lines instead of filling in shapes. Check out etching to see how artists like this create prints with acid and metal plates.
Henri Charles Guérard (26 April 1846, Paris - 24 March 1897, Paris) was a French painter and printmaker, particularly in etching and lithography.
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