1894
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Yvette Guilbert is a 1894 ink by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman sitting in a dimly lit room, her face half-lit by a soft glow. Her posture is relaxed but intense, one hand resting near her face while the other holds something close to her chest. The lines are loose and quick, almost like a hurried sketch, with olive-green tones dominating the scene. The artist focused on capturing her expressive face and the mood of the moment, not the details of the room. This piece was made as a lithograph, a printmaking method that uses smooth stones and ink. Look up lithography to see how this 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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