1860
charcoal
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Landscape with Three Tall Trees is a 1860 charcoal by Auguste Allongé, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet park scene with three tall trees in the center. One tree stands alone, while the other two lean together. In the background, a path winds through more trees, and a person sits on a bench near the water’s edge. The sky is soft with clouds, and the whole scene feels loose and quick. The artist used chalk and charcoal, blending dark lines with white highlights. The trees look almost alive, with rough strokes that catch their texture. This style was new for its time—less polished, more like a quick sketch. Next, check out scumbling to see how artists blend chalk like this.
Auguste Allongé (1833–1898) was a French artist, born in former 10th arrondissement of Paris.
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