Minneapolis Institute of Art

Chestnut Tree Leaves

Henri-Charles Guérard

Date

c. 1890

Medium

Vaporisateur drawing on silk

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Henri-Charles Guérard was an ardent collector and admirer of Japanese art, going so far as to learn to write with Japanese characters. In Chestnut Tree Leaves, he used a horizontal swath of yellow silk as the support for his drawing. Using several stencils, Guérard created a frieze of large and small chestnut leaves across the surface. He used a vaporisateur (atomizer) to apply subtle sprays of orange, blue, and green paint, after which he painted the distinctive veins and stems of the chestnut leaves. France, Europe

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