Chaumières de pêcheurs

c. 1844

Eugène Isabey

Associated Names
Eugène Isabey

Artist, French, 1803 - 1886

The image shows a coastal scene viewed from a low angle close to the shoreline. The horizon is high in the composition, obscured by the thatched rooftops of huts and a cloudy sky. The style is a fine lithographic technique capturing wood, thatch, and sand textures. The color palette is monochromatic, with black, white, and grey hues. Closest is a boat wreckage with scattered barrels in shallow water. The shoreline leads to figures, a weathered building, boats, and debris in a rustic, seaside setting.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1952.8.251

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Curtis 1939a, no. 100


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1939

  • Curtis, Atherton. Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographié de Eugène Isabey. Paris: Paul Proute, 1939.

Wikidata ID

Q65223123

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