1910
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Catherine and Young Boy Nude is a 1910 ink by Suzanne Valadon, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman and a child sitting together, both without clothes. The woman holds a bowl in one hand and reaches out to the child with the other. Their bodies are simple, drawn with loose lines and shading. The paper has a rough texture, and the marks look like they were made quickly. The artist used a drypoint technique, pressing lines into the paper to create the image. The shading is soft, almost like smudged pencil marks. Next, look up technique: drypoint to see how this method works.
Marie-Clémentine "Suzanne" Valadon (French pronunciation: ; 23 September 1865 – 7 April 1938) was a French painter who was born at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France.
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