1876
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Venusberg is a 1876 by Henri Fantin-Latour, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows three figures in a dreamy forest. On the left, a woman with flowing hair stands half-hidden by trees, her body turned slightly away. In the middle, another woman kneels, holding a duckling while a duck rests nearby. To the right, a man in a hat sits on a rock, looking down at the duck. The artist signed it "Henri Fantin-Latour" in the top corner. The soft shading and loose lines give it a sketchy, unfinished feel. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create mood.
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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