France

Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878)

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Charles-François Daubigny Apple Tree at Auvers (Pommiers à Auvers) Auvers, 1877 Etching on laid handmade paper, third state Plate: 18 x 27.5 cm; mount: 40.5 x 55.7 cm This print was made a year before Daubigny’s death in 1878. A peasant figure makes a path through the landscape equipped with tools for the cultivation of … Read more

André Derain (1880-1954)

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André Derain La Chute de Phaëton (The Fall of Phaeton) France, about 1905 Brush, pen and black ink 64 x 35.8 cm Phaethon, son of Helios the sun-god, persuades his father to let him drive his sun-chariot, but wreaks such havoc that he is struck from the sky by Zeus (Ovid: Metamorphoses II, 150-327). A … Read more

Jacques Beltrand (1874 – 1977)

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Jacques Beltrand La Baigneuse (The Bather) France, about 1910 Colour woodcut 19.1 x 18.8 cm Beltrand helped pioneer the use of water-based pigments in printing in France, inspired by Japanese printmaking techniques. Water based inks can produce subtle and delicate images, whereas more traditional Western woodcuts are often use oil based inks and are bolder or … Read more

Jean-François Millet (1814-1875)

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Jean-François Millet The Diggers France, unknown date Etching Two men are digging in an inhospitable landscape. Their strong shoulders, curved backs and widely planted legs suggest the strenuous nature of their task. Millet often regarded peasant figures as evoking a sense of eternal and timeless toil in an unforgiving world. He un-idealised visions were seen … Read more

Edgar Degas (1834-1917)

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Edgar Degas The Cirque Fernando – Architectural Study  France, c. 1879 Pencil, black and red chalk on two sheets of joined pink paper A study for the architectural background of ‘La La at the Cirque Fernando’. The Cirque Fernando was built in 1875 in the boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, near the Place Pigalle. Studies for the … Read more

Édouard Manet (1832-1883)

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Édouard Manet La guerre civile  France, 1871 Lithograph Plate: 39.5 x 50.9 cm; mount: 68.3 x 77.1 cm The lithograph protests against the massacre of Parisian Communards in 1871 by French government forces. This marked the end of the tumultuous Franco-German War and the Seige of Paris. The central dead Communard is dressed in National … Read more

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Le Divan Japonais Montmartre, Paris, 1892, published January 1893 Colour lithograph Toulouse-Lautrec established his name with poster designs, particularly those made to advertise the cabaret, Le Moulin Rouge. Many of his posters were heavily influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e prints, with their large flat areas of colour, stylised shapes and strong outlines. One … Read more