Charcoal drawing techniques were perfected in France in the 19th century and taken to new expressive heights by artists such as Georges Seurat and Odilon Redon. This video includes a demonstration of those techniques.
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This video was produced in conjunction with the exhibition "Noir: The Romance of Black in 19th-Century French Drawings and Prints", on view at the Getty Center, February 9–May 15, 2016.
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