The Boat in Conflans
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A small boat floats on calm water near a village. Daubigny painted this while sitting in his studio boat, called a *botin*. He loved rivers so much he turned his boat into a moving workspace. This scene shows real life by the river Oise in France. Daubigny used a printing needle to scratch lines into metal, then inked it. That method, called etching, lets him capture light and shadow in soft waves. Next, try looking up Charles François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878).
