Cleveland Museum of Art
The Jungfrau
Félix VallottonLinkedCulture matchlcp-33d86593d95e
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- woodcut
- Culture
- France, 19th century
- Department
- Prints
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 161759
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Vallotton’s style was based upon the stark contrast between black and white. In executing this view of the Jungfrau mountain in the Swiss Alps, he relied on the tight precision of his technique to convey the drama and mystery of the mountains. Although done by a Nabis artist at the close of the 19th century, this image harks back to the Romantic landscapes of the beginning of the century, in which wonders of the natural world, such as mountains, waterfalls, and volcanoes, were rendered as sublime and fearsome. Vallotton’s aim, however, was more decorative than sublime.
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- John L. Severance Fund
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