1898
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Cover for "Au pied du Sinaï" is a 1898 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a lonely desert scene with two ships stranded on dry land. One ship is half-buried in sand, its hull cracked and tilted. The other sits farther back, its mast broken. The sky is a flat yellow, and the ground looks cracked and empty, with just a few scraggly plants. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to show the rough texture of the desert. The gold paint gives the scene a warm, almost glowing feel, even though everything looks worn down. Next, check out how this artist used lithography.
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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