Gust of Wind on the Poplars
1876
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1876
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Gust of Wind on the Poplars is a 1876 by Auguste Allongé, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see poplar trees leaning sideways, their leaves fluttering in a gust of wind along a riverbank. Allongé drew this with charcoal, then erased parts to make the light shine through—like rubbing out pencil to create highlights. Most artists at the time painted grand Italian scenes, but he stayed close to home, sketching quiet French forests. To see how others turned wind into art, look up *sfumato*.
