Etude (Maurice Dumont)
1895
Medium
lithograph in black on thin japan paper
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection, gift in memory of Virginia H. Jackson
Accession Number
1996.151.229
Art Historical Context
Henri de Groux's *Etude (Maurice Dumont)*, created in 1895, is a striking lithograph in black ink on delicate thin Japan paper. This intimate study captures the essence of its subject through the artist's masterful command of line and tone, exemplifying the Belgian Symbolist's flair for evocative portraiture. De Groux, a key figure in the Symbolist movement, often explored psychological depth and dreamlike intensity, bridging Realism and the emerging mysticism of fin-de-siècle Europe. Lithography, a revolutionary 19th-century technique allowing artists direct crayon or ink drawing on stone fo...