1898
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Bust of Mlle. Marcelle Lender, Turned Three Quarters (Mlle. Marcelle Lender en buste, de trois quartes) is a 1898 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a blurry red-brown drawing on blue paper. You can just make out a woman’s face and shoulders turned slightly to the side. Her hair is pulled back, and the lines are loose, almost sketchy. The artist used a printing method called lithography, which lets them draw directly on the printing plate. This piece was made in 1898, when artists were playing with quick, expressive lines. Next, check out lithography to see how this printing technique works.
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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