A ROUGH CROWD
Lucas frequently portrayed scenes of everyday life. In contrast to his drawing of a Figure Ascending Over a Crowd, exhibited nearby, this sheet depicts a group of figures who have fallen to the ground, perhaps the result of a brawl. Here the artist suppressed narrative in order to capture the drama of a moment through the calculated arrangement of abbreviated forms and interwoven bodies.
Eugenio Lucas (1817-1870), Crowd with Fallen Figures, ca. 1850