1877
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Apple Trees in Auvers (Pommiers a Auvers) is a 1877 ink by Charles François Daubigny, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a quiet scene of apple trees by a river. The branches twist and tangle, while the water below looks smooth and still. The whole image is made of fine black lines, giving it a sketchy, almost hand-drawn feel. The artist used a technique that lets ink sit in the carved lines, making the trees and water pop against the pale background. This isn’t a painting—it’s an etching, where the design is scratched into a metal plate first. Next, check out etching to see how artists like this one made prints like this.
Charles-François Daubigny ( DOH-bin-yee, US: DOH-been-YEE, doh-BEEN-yee, French: ; 15 February 1817 – 19 February 1878) was a French painter, one of the members of the Barbizon school, and is considered an important precursor of impressionism.
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