In Love (Amoureux)
1888
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
1888
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From the collection of National Gallery of Art
This drawing shows a man sitting on a curb, hat pulled low, one hand resting on his knee. Behind him, a city street with buildings and trees is sketched in quick, dense lines. The man’s face is half-lit, while the background stays dark, almost like a shadow behind him. The artist used tiny crisscrossed lines to fill in the dark areas—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the shadows look textured, like the city is fading into the night. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with just lines.
