1878
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Les Petites Chaumières (Thatched Cottages--Small Plate) is a 1878 ink by Félix-Hilaire Buhot, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet village scene with simple thatched-roof houses clustered together. Smoke rises from one chimney, and a group of geese waddles near a fence in the foreground. The lines are loose and scratchy, giving the whole scene a sketchy, unfinished feel. The artist used a technique called etching to create these textures—ink pressed into lines scratched into metal. The geese and houses look real but are drawn with quick, rough strokes. Check out etching to see how artists like this one make prints with acid and metal plates.
Félix-Hilaire Buhot (1847–1898) was a French artist, born in Valognes.
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