1854
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Moles is a 1854 by Félix Bracquemond, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a field where moles have dug up the ground, leaving big, messy holes everywhere. A few trees and bushes are scattered around, but most of the scene is just dirt and disruption. In the background, a fence and some faint lines suggest a path or road. The title at the bottom, *Les Taupes* (French for "Moles"), makes it clear this isn’t just a random landscape—it’s about these small animals and the chaos they create. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show movement and energy, almost like the moles are still working. Next, check out Realism to see how artists like this one focused on everyday, sometimes messy, scenes.
Félix Henri Bracquemond (French pronunciation: ; 22 May 1833 – 29 October 1914) was a French painter, etcher, and printmaker.
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