Coastal Landscape

Félix Bracquemond

Associated Names
Félix Bracquemond

Artist, French, 1833 - 1914

The image depicts a grassy bank overlooking a serene landscape. The composition includes distant hills, scattered trees, grasses, and bushes rendered with expressive ink strokes. Clusters of trees and bushes lead the eye towards the horizon. The brushstrokes vary in detail and gesture, creating movement and depth. The color palette is monochromatic, with black ink on a sepia-toned background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and black ink with (faded) blue wash on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Christian Humann Foundation

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23.8 x 31.6 cm (9 3/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.128.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Shepherd Gallery, New York); purchased by Christian Humann, 1969; The Christian Humann Foundation, Paris, 1981; gift to NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: letter / Felix Bracquemond

Wikidata ID

Q64561264

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