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Bosco [Woods]

Mosè Bianchi

1895

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Landscape forest

Dominant colour

Bosco [Woods] is a 1895 ink by Mosè Bianchi, a Impressionism work, depicting forest, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Mosè Bianchi
When & what style?: 1895 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

Mosè Bianchi shows a dark, tangled forest in this etching. The trees press close, their branches like twisted fingers against the sky. You can almost hear the wind moving through the leaves. This isn’t a snapshot of a real place. Bianchi used fine lines and tiny dots to make shadows and light feel alive. He scratched the metal plate himself, a painstaking way to print pictures. Try looking up etching next—it’s how he made this.