This artist used an uneven outline with thick and thin, curved and jagged lines to suggest the nervous energy of his
subject.
Egon Schiele
Portrait of Paris von Gütersloh, 1918
oil on canvas
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Gift of the P. D. McMillan Land Company
Outlines are used in this painting to describe the shapes of the dog and the moon. The artist also uses line, varying it's direction
and thickness, to describe the emotional quality of the dog's howl.
Paul Klee
Howling Dog, 1928
oil on canvas
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Gift of F. C. Schang
Heavy, dark lines both outline and emphasize basic shapes and to communicate feelings of loss and despair.
Odilon Redon
Death, my irony surpasses all others! 1889 lithograph on chine collé
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Putnam Dana McMillan Fund
