A Brown Study
1840
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1840
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The painting shows a man sitting in a brown room, lost in thought. He's wearing a fancy jacket and looks very serious. This painting is interesting because the artist, known for landscapes, tried something new with figurative work. The model in this painting appears in another work by the same artist, wearing the same jacket. To learn more about the artist's use of light and shadow, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
