1855
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Jean Baptiste Isabey is a 1855 by Paul Gavarni, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white drawing of an older man in a long, dark coat. He’s standing outdoors, holding a top hat in one hand and a cane in the other. The background shows a faint landscape with trees and a distant hill. The artist used soft shading to show light and shadow, giving the figure a gentle, almost sketchy look. This style was popular in mid-1800s France. Look up chiaroscuro next to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris.
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