1888
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay) is a 1888 ink by Félix-Hilaire Buhot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You're looking at a landscape painting. It shows a cliff overlooking a bay, with a town in the distance. The sky is cloudy, and the sea is calm. In the foreground, there's a cross on the cliff, and some bushes and rocks. The painting is done in shades of brown and gray, with some darker tones in the shadows. The overall effect is one of serenity and tranquility. If you're interested in learning more about this style of painting, you might want to check out the Impressionism movement.
Félix-Hilaire Buhot (1847–1898) was a French artist, born in Valognes.
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