1850
watercolor
From the collection of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
View of Buenos Aires is a 1850 watercolor by Charles Pellegrini, held at National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina.
This painting shows a cityscape with buildings and boats along a shoreline. The sky is light-colored, and the city's architecture is visible in the background. In the foreground, people are shown with horses and carts, and there are boats in the water. The painting's style is detailed, with visible brushstrokes. The painting is done in watercolor, which is a technique that uses water-soluble pigments. To learn more about this technique, look up watercolor.
Charles Henri Pellegrini (28 July 1800 – 12 October 1875) was an Italian Argentine engineer, lithographer, painter, and architect. He was father of Argentine president Carlos Pellegrini.
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