Ludger Larose

Study after an Écorché

c. 1892
Ludger Larose probably executed this charcoal sketch of an "écorché", or flayed man, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris around 1889-1892, after a plaster model derived from Jean-Antoine Houdon's famous "Flayed Man with Arm Stretched" of 1767. The "écorché", more nude than nude, so to speak, since it is stripped of its epidermis, permitted the student to familiarize himself with the subtle play of the tensed musculature.
Title
Study after an Écorché
Date
c. 1892
Medium
Drawing
Materials
charcoal on laid paper
Dimensions
62.6 x 47 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Gift of Paul Larose, Ottawa, 1980
Accession number
23919