Luigi Aloys Francois Joseph Loir
1880
gouache
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
A Market Square before a Cathedral is a 1880 gouache by Luigi Aloys Francois Joseph Loir, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a dark blue night scene with a group of people in the foreground. A man in a dark coat stands facing a crowd near what looks like a market stall. Behind them, a grand cathedral with tall spires and pointed arches glows faintly under a dim sky. The brushstrokes are loose, blending colors like blue and yellow to suggest light. The artist used watercolor and gouache to create this soft, dreamy effect. Next, look up watercolor to see how artists mix paint and paper for this look.
Luigi Aloys Francois Joseph Loir (1909–1919) was an artist.
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