1895
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Six Etchings: The Thatched Bakery, Auvers is a 1895 by Paul Gachet, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This black-and-white print shows three small thatched-roof houses in a snowy village. Bare trees line the background, their branches tangled against a pale sky. In the foreground, a dirt path curves past a split log lying on the ground. The artist used fine lines to show texture—every thatch blade and snowflake is drawn by hand. This was made in 1895, when artists often experimented with etching to capture light and shadow. Look up etching next to see how artists carve images into metal plates.
Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (30 July 1828 – 9 January 1909) was a French physician most famous for treating the painter Vincent van Gogh during his last weeks in Auvers-sur-Oise.
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