Card Players
1878
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Augustin Théodule Ribot
Augustin Théodule Ribot (1873–1883) was an artist.
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Card Players is a 1878 ink by Augustin Théodule Ribot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see two men hunched over a card table, faces lit by a single lamp. Ribot worked in a butcher shop as a kid, so he knew how light pools on skin and cloth. Here, the lamp glow isn’t just bright—it’s thick, almost greasy, like the air in a smoky back room. The men’s hands are the real stars: ink lines so loose they look like they could still be moving. If you like how Ribot turns everyday light into something alive, look up the technique called glazing.
Augustin Théodule Ribot (1873–1883) was an artist.
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