1836
ink
paperboard
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Study for "War and Peace" is a 1836 ink by Robert Walter Weir, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman standing sideways, holding a small branch with leaves. She’s leaning on a tall, narrow box or pedestal with one hand. Her dress has loose folds, and her hair is pulled back neatly. The drawing is mostly brown ink with quick, sketchy lines—some areas are darker where the ink was layered. The loose, flowing lines suggest the artist was working fast, maybe testing poses or clothing. The branch in her hand looks almost like an afterthought, barely detailed. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shadows with crisscrossed lines.
Robert Walter Weir (June 18, 1803 – May 1, 1889) was an American artist and educator and is considered a painter of the Hudson River School.
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