1861
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
L.J.-Marie Bizeul, a Breton Archaeologist is a 1861 ink by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, depicting Bijou, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a portrait of a man, L.J.-Marie Bizeul, who was a Breton archaeologist. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes and has a serious look on his face. The artist, Charles Meryon, made this etching in 1861, and it's interesting because Meryon was actually a French artist who often drew landscapes, but here he's trying something different with a portrait. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of etching.
Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868) was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he had colour blindness.
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