Study for “In the Woods, Evening”

1892–94 Sheet: 35.3 x 23 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.) Source image
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In this drawing of nymphs holding lyres, Alexandre Séon hoped to depict, in his words, “the spirit of the forest.” He was inspired by fairy-tales he heard as a child about the woods near the remote village where he grew up. By applying colored pencils to a roughly textured she...

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