Portrait of Henry Gerbault
1904
Edgar Chahine captures his fellow artist Henry Gerbault in a moment of quiet concentration. While Gerbault is best known today for his lively paintings of hunting dogs and sporting scenes, here he looks serious and scholarly, leaning over a large drafting table with shelves of pottery behind him. Chahine, an Armenian-French master of printmaking, uses bold, shadowy strokes to create an intimate snapshot of studio life in 1904 Paris, making the viewer feel like a silent observer in the room.
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