Caption

Winter landscape, Nivose, print, printmaker: Jules Guiette (signed by artist), 1862 - 1901, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 316 mm x width 237 mm, landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year), A monochrome etching shows a snowy landscape with a foreground of sparse grasses and low shrubs poking through the snow, their dark stems and tufts rendered with fine, sketchy lines. The middle ground slopes upward to a rough, uneven terrain marked by scattered tufts and small depressions, leading to a stand of tall, leafless trees whose dark trunks and tangled branches form a dense, intricate mass against a softly textured sky. The trees vary in thickness and height, some leaning and interlacing their limbs, creating shadowed areas at their bases, while a solitary smaller tree stands apart on the distant slope. The sky above is filled with closely hatched strokes that give a grainy, overcast appearance, and the entire scene is depicted in delicate contrasts of light and dark with detailed linear shading.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B17_368

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Rights managed

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49.2Mb (5.5Mb) / 11.9in x 16.1in / 3568 x 4818 (300dpi)

Keywords

Winter landscape Nivose print printmaker Jules Guiette signed artist 1862 - 1901 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 316 mm x width 237 mm landscape symbolizing winter four seasons year monochrome etching snowy landscape foreground sparse grasses low shrubs poking snow dark stems tufts rendered fine sketchy lines middle ground slopes upward rough uneven terrain marked scattered tufts small depressions leading stand tall leafless trees dark trunks tangled branches form dense intricate mass softly textured sky trees vary thickness height leaning interlacing limbs creating shadowed areas bases solitary smaller tree stands apart distant slope filled closely hatched strokes give grainy overcast appearance entire scene depicted delicate contrasts light dark detailed linear shading