1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Chaumières de pêcheurs is a 1844 ink by Eugène Isabey, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This scene shows a stormy shore where a shipwreck has left two broken boats half-submerged in shallow water. A few people wade through the wreckage, pulling out barrels and debris, while another boat sits stranded on the beach. Behind them, a thatched fishing hut smokes, and the sky is dark with storm clouds. The artist used quick, sketchy lines to show the chaos of the storm and the frantic rescue effort. The focus is on the struggle of the people, not the beauty of the scene. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
Eugène Louis Gabriel Isabey (French pronunciation: ; 22 July 1803 – 25 April 1886) was a French painter, lithographer and watercolorist in the Romantic style.
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