1850
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Stags at the water's edge is a 1850 by Charles François Daubigny, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet forest by a river. Tall trees line the bank, their branches thick and tangled. A deer stands near the water’s edge, looking calm. The ground is covered in brush, and the river’s surface is rough with texture. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show light and shadow. It looks like they were working fast, maybe outside. Next, check out Realism to see how artists like this one focused on everyday scenes.
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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