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Le Petit Chasseur (Little Hunter)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

1892

ink

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century Landscape

Dominant colour

Le Petit Chasseur (Little Hunter) is a 1892 ink by Félix-Hilaire Buhot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Félix-Hilaire Buhot
When & what style?: 1892 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This image shows a quiet, hazy landscape with a lone figure standing in the middle distance. The scene is mostly browns and grays, with a dense cluster of trees on the right and a faint path leading toward them. The ground looks uneven, and the sky blends into the background, making everything feel soft and distant. The tiny figure in the center looks like a child, standing alone near a small rise. The artist used a sketchy, almost ghostly style to show light and shadow without sharp lines. This is a lithograph, so the artist drew on stone instead of canvas—try looking up lithography next to see how it works.