Cleveland Museum of Art

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Eugène Carrière

Date

c. 1875–1900

Medium

brush and brown ink

Culture

France, 19th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Eugène Carrière was known for the evocative, hazy brushwork he used throughout various media. Executed in his signature style, this drawing likely depicts the artist's family studying a book together. Carrière favored such intimate domestic scenes, using ethereal ochre marks to allow his subjects to blend into their surroundings. Eugène Carrière's close friend, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, once said of the artist that he "sculpts in shadow."

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