Minneapolis Institute of Art

Landing in England

Félix Buhot

Date

1879

Medium

Etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Aquatint literally means tinted water, and here Félix Buhot took the term seriously. This aquatint, depicting the stormy English seaside, looks almost wet. The dark gray passages of tone in the sky capture the looming storm and damp sea air, while the etched lines describe the torrent of pelting rain. France, Europe

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