1875
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Grande Rue à Morlaix (Bretagne) (Grand Rue, Morlaix, Brittany) is a 1875 ink by Maxime Lalanne, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a narrow city street packed with tall, cramped buildings. The lines are scratchy and busy, like quick notes jotted down. People and horses fill the street, but they’re small and blurry—just shapes in the crowd. The artist used a sharp tool to carve into the metal plate, creating the rough, textured look. This method is called *etching*. Next, check out etching to see how it works.
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (November 27, 1827 – July 29, 1886) was a French artist known for his etchings and charcoal drawings (fusain).
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