Dancer and Man
Jean Louis Forain
1872–1925
- Medium
- Watercolor, over traces of charcoal, on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 40.8 × 35.9 cm (16 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- watercolor
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
drawings (visual works)paintChicago World's FairsCentury of Progressplant materialprints and drawingwatercolorworld's fairscoating (material)paper (fiber product)water-base paintcharcoal
About
The spontaneous pose of the dancer lends an air of immediacy to Forain's watercolor, capturing in a lively way the chance meeting after a performance. The work is strongly evocative of the work of Degas, who repeatedly turned to the ballet for his subject matter.
