1894
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Adolphe or the Sad Young Man (Adolphe ou le jeune homme triste) is a 1894 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a lone man walking with his head down. He wears a long coat, a hat, and carries something in his right hand. The lines are loose and quick, like he was drawn fast. The drawing looks unfinished—there’s a faint ghost of another figure behind him. This was made using a printing method called lithography. Next, check out lithography to see how artists like this made prints.
Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Montfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (French: ), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator.
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