Caption

Spring (original title on object), print, Bare trees by a ditch. In the background the silhouettes of houses., printmaker: Willem Adrianus Grondhout (signed by artist), 1888 - 1931, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 104 mm x width 186 mm, spring landscape, landscape symbolizing spring (the four seasons of the year), small canal, ditch, A monochrome etching showing a riverside scene with bare, leafless trees in the foreground on the right, their trunks and slender branches drawn with fine, dark lines. Along the bank beneath the trees there are tangled brush and grasses rendered with cross-hatching, and a small inlet or channel of water cuts inward from the lower edge. Across the middle distance a line of vertical posts or stakes projects from the shore, and low, receding terrain leads toward distant buildings. On the far side of the water a cluster of architectural forms with pitched roofs and blocky silhouettes is visible through a soft, misty layering of horizontal and vertical marks, and faint, delicate branches extend across the pale sky above. The overall palette is restrained, relying on varied pencil-like etching strokes to define texture, depth, and the quiet shoreline composition.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A87_430

License type

Rights managed

Available size

36.5Mb (9.4Mb) / 15.8in x 9.0in / 4746 x 2685 (300dpi)

Keywords

Spring original title object print Bare trees ditch background silhouettes houses printmaker Willem Adrianus Grondhout signed artist 1888 - 1931 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 104 mm x width 186 mm spring landscape landscape symbolizing spring four seasons year small canal monochrome showing riverside scene bare leafless trees foreground right trunks slender branches drawn fine dark lines bank beneath trees tangled brush grasses rendered cross-hatching small inlet channel water cuts inward lower edge Across middle distance line vertical posts stakes projects shore low receding terrain leads distant buildings far side water cluster architectural forms pitched roofs blocky silhouettes visible soft misty layering horizontal vertical marks faint delicate branches extend across pale sky palette restrained relying varied pencil- etching strokes define texture depth quiet shoreline composition