1903
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Réverie is a 1903 by Henri Fantin-Latour, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a woman lying down, half-turned away, her head resting on her arm. Her body is relaxed, one leg bent, the other stretched out. The background is dark and blurry, like shadows in a forest, with a faint shape of another figure in the distance. The artist used soft lines to show the folds of her skin and the fabric of her dress. The lighting is gentle, keeping most of the scene in shadow. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how light and shadow create mood in art.
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour (French pronunciation: ; 14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
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