1865
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Native Barns and Huts at Akaroa, Banks' Peninsula, 1845 is a 1865 by Charles Meryon, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white sketch shows a cluster of simple huts with thatched roofs, built close to a forest. A small stream runs in front of them, and the hills in the background are dotted with trees. A few people are visible near the huts, going about their daily tasks. The title says these huts are in Akaroa, on Banks Peninsula, drawn in 1845. The artist made this sketch decades later, so it’s more of a memory than a live scene. If you like this style, check out Realism—it focuses on everyday life just like this drawing does.
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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