1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Aristide Bruant is a 1893 by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man in a dark coat and high collar, his arm raised as if mid-gesture. His face is half-lit, with sharp shadows under his eyes and along his jaw. The background is mostly black, leaving him standing out against a dim, smoky space. The artist used bold contrasts between light and dark to make the face pop. This style was common in late 19th-century Paris. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create drama in art.
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: ), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.
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