1873
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Seated Arab is a 1873 by Mariano Fortuny Marsal, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a person sitting on the ground, wrapped in a loose robe. Their head is bowed, and their hands rest on their knees. The background is dark and rough, with quick, scratchy lines that make it look like shadows or fabric. The artist used heavy shading to show folds in the robe and the person’s hunched posture. This style makes the figure stand out against the dark background. Look up chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works in other art.
Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (Catalan: Marià Fortuny i Marsal, pronounced ; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter known for works focusing on Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist…
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