Apple Trees in Auvers (Pommiers a Auvers)

1877

Charles-François Daubigny

Associated Names
Charles-François Daubigny

Artist, French, 1817 - 1878

The image depicts an open landscape with a high horizon line where the sky meets a line of distant trees. The artist uses fine lines to create texture and depth across the scene. The etching shows a contrast between detailed lines for foliage and horizontal strokes for the sky. The color palette is monochrome with dark lines on a light background. A path winds through the landscape with trees in small clusters and a figure walking along it. Distant trees are softer and less defined, adding depth to the landscape.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1944.8.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Delteil, no. 126, State i/iv


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1945

  • French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 16.

Bibliography

1906

  • Delteil, Loys. Le peintre-graveur illustre. 31 vols. Paris: Published by the author, 1906-1926. Reprint. New York: Collectors Editions, Da Capo Press, 1969. Vol. 30 (Albert Besnard) is by Louis Godefroy.

Wikidata ID

Q65019264

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