1882
paint
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Two Women before a Mirror is a 1882 paint by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two women in a dimly lit room. One woman stands with her back to us, wearing a long dress and holding a mirror. The other woman, facing her, has a hat and looks on. Behind them, a bed with a canopy and a small table with a lamp are faintly visible. The lines are loose and quick, with soft colors blending together. The artist used a simple, fast style to capture a quiet moment. This was made using a new printing method with just seven colors, which kept the look rough and sketchy. Look up technique: impasto next to see how artists build texture with paint.
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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