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Wooded Mountain Landscape with a Small Waterfall and Pathway

Franz Joseph LeopoldLinkedCulture matchlcp-06fe12dc8f1b

Date: 1805
Medium: Lithograph in black on white wove paper
Culture: Germany
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 141439

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This early example of a lithographic print was produced shortly after the medium was invented. Alois Senefelder, a German playwright and composer, created lithography in 1798 while trying to develop an affordable process for printing his plays. Within a decade, artists were exploring the potentials of the medium. Here, Franz Joseph Leopold has composed his quiet scene in a precise, linear style. Tiny lines rendered in lithographic ink with a fine-tipped pen compose the dense foliage, jagged rock faces, flowing water, and sunlit clouds of the landscape.

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