La Rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris (The Street of the Bad Boys)
1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1854
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La Rue des Mauvais Garçons, Paris (The Street of the Bad Boys) is a 1854 ink by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows a Paris street lined with old buildings. The shadowy figures below look like they belong to another time. Meryon etched the scene in 1854, when Paris was changing fast. The buildings have a dark, ghostly look. That’s because of drypoint, a printmaking trick where the artist scratches lines into metal. It gives the image a rough, handmade feel. Want to see how drypoint works? Try Meryon, Charles.
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