The Deluge
1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1893
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Deluge is a 1893 by Charles Guilloux, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows trees bent in a storm, their leaves dripping with water. The water below mirrors the trees, making a strange, wavy pattern. The sky is dark but has a few pale streaks of light. Guilloux made this as part of a famous print series called *L’Estampe Originale*. The series helped change how people saw modern art. Only 90 copies of each print were made. If this draws you in, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Guilloux’s The Deluge appeared in the famous L’Estampe Originale, a series of nine albums of original prints published in Paris between 1893 and 1895, representing the pinnacle of fin-de-siècle printmaking. The albums included numerous landscapes by masters of the genre, including Camille Pissarro, Charles Dulac, Henri Rivière, and Joseph Pennell (all in this exhibition). In The Deluge, drenched poplar trees are reflected in shimmering pools of water. Guilloux incorporated the aesthetic of Art Nouveau into his entirely original, stylized landscapes.
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Charles Guilloux (1866–1946) was a French artist, born in Paris.
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