Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto); Right Profile of Man Wearing Tall Hat (verso)

1804

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Impressionism Realism Early 19th Century

Dominant colour

Woman Entering a Fiacre (recto); Right Profile of Man Wearing Tall Hat (verso) is a 1804 by Jean-Louis Forain, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Jean-Louis Forain
When & what style?: 1804 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

A woman in a long dress steps into a horse-drawn carriage on a Paris street. The driver sits up front, reins in hand. The other side of the paper shows a man’s face in profile, wearing a tall hat. Forain drew this quickly, with loose, scratchy lines. The hurried feel matches the busy city life of 1800s Paris. He didn’t polish it—just caught the moment as it happened. If you like this quick, lively style, look up *impasto*.