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Castle Overlooking a River
Creator
Maxime LalanneFrench Artist · 1827–1886
All works by this person →Maxime Lalanne, the foremost contributor to the etching revival in France in the mid-to late1800s, frequently used his etchings as a vehicle to convey political statements. His images oftendepicted dramatically somber views of the industrial and slum areas of Paris during the Second Empire. A founding member of a society of etchers in 1862, Lalanne frequently published his work in the society's jo
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- 1860s–1870s
- Medium
- Vine charcoal, powdered charcoal, with stumping, lifting, and dry brush, fixed, on laid paper
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Departing from his usual practice--making politically charged drawings of the slums of Paris--Maxime Lalanne made this quiet drawing as a sensitive study of the provincial French landscape. Imbuing the scene with subtlety by applying rubbed crayon to the slightly irregular surface of laid paper, he presented a Romantic view of the countryside, with attractive, mature trees, a gently meandering river, and a picturesque castle tower. A superb draftsman, Lalanne used his sketches to work out issues for his technical manual on sketching and as the basis for illustrations in journals and books.
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