Charles Frederick William Mielatz
1892
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Meadow Pond, New York is a 1892 graphite by Charles Frederick William Mielatz, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet wetland scene with five bare trees standing in shallow water. Their branches twist upward, and a fence runs along the far side of the pond. Tall grass and reeds grow around the edges, and the paper’s texture makes the lines look rough. The artist used only graphite, letting the pencil strokes show the paper’s grain. The trees are drawn with quick, confident lines, but the water stays loose and sketchy. Next, look up Realism to see how artists captured everyday scenes this way.
Charles Frederick William Mielatz (né Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Mielatz; May 24, 1864 – July 2, 1919) was a Prussian-born American etcher, graphic artist, painter, lithographer, and educator.
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