1888
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
A River Landscape is a 1888 ink by Albert Dubois-Pillet, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a river winding through a flat, open landscape. Trees line the far bank, and a small boat sits near the center, almost hidden by the water’s surface. The whole scene is made up of tiny, repeating dots—no brushstrokes, just dense black marks that create shapes. The artist packed so many dots together that some areas look almost like shadows. This technique makes the scene feel both rough and precise at the same time. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.
Albert Dubois-Pillet (French pronunciation: ; 28 October 1846 – 18 August 1890) was a French Neo-impressionist painter and a career army officer.
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