1854
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Etchings of Paris: The Street of the Bad Boys is a 1854 by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a narrow Paris street with crooked buildings. Windows have shutters, some open, some closed. A big wooden boat is stuck on the cobblestones, tilted sideways. Two people stand nearby, looking at it. The walls lean in, and the whole scene feels cramped and uneven. The artist wrote French poetry along the top edge—it’s like a quiet note in the corner. The lines are messy, almost like scribbles, but they add a strange energy to the scene. If you like this style, check out Realism next.
Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868) was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he had colour blindness.
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