1880
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Souvenirs artistiques du Siége du Paris: Avenue de Boulogne, Vue Prise de la porte d'Auteuil, St. Cloud au fond, Dévastation du Bois de Boulogne is a 1880 by Maxime Lalanne, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white drawing shows a flooded field with tall trees standing in the water. In the distance, a small town sits on a hill, with a church spire poking above the rooftops. A few people walk along a path, their figures tiny against the vast, ruined landscape. The title at the bottom names this a "souvenir" of Paris under siege, showing the Bois de Boulogne forest destroyed and flooded. The artist used fine lines to capture every branch and ripple. Next, look up Realism to see how artists like this one recorded life as it was.
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (November 27, 1827 – July 29, 1886) was a French artist known for his etchings and charcoal drawings (fusain).
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