Sunset in an Oriental Landscape
1850
gouache
paperboard
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas
Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas (1812–1889) was an artist.
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gouache
paperboard
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sunset in an Oriental Landscape is a 1850 gouache by Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a fiery sunset over jagged cliffs, a river winding through purple shadows, and tiny figures on a distant bridge. Lebas built this scene in thin, wet layers—watercolor plus chalky gouache—then scratched back into the damp paint to carve highlights on the cliffs. The scraping leaves pale streaks that look like sunlight hitting rock. It’s a quiet trick that makes the whole scene glow. If you like how light plays on wet paper, try the technique called glazing.
Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas (1812–1889) was an artist.
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