1844
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Gorge de Royat, Auvergne is a 1844 ink by Eugène Isabey, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a quiet village nestled in a valley. A river winds through the scene, with a fallen tree blocking part of it. Houses with simple roofs sit on a hillside, and a big tree with twisted branches looms over the right side. The background has rolling hills and a distant mountain. The artist used loose, sketchy lines to show texture—like the rough bark of the tree or the uneven stones by the water. This style makes the scene feel alive, even though it’s just ink on paper. 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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