Caption

Industrial landscape with viaduct and a passing train, print, printmaker: Karl Meunier, after painting by Constantin Emile Meunier, 1892, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, drypoint, plate tone and drypoint, height 205 mm x width 295 mm, The title of the painting from which the print was made is: 'Au pays noir'. This title refers to the name of the area 'Pays Noir', an industrial area around Charleroi., factory in landscape, railway, train, industries, Charleroi, A sepia-toned etching showing an industrial landscape with a foreground of wooden trestle supports and a shadowed structure, a midground of rolling earth and a steep embankment with a narrow road or path cutting through it, and a background of multiple tall chimneys rising from low buildings, each emitting dark billowing smoke that trails across the sky; the sky is textured with fine hatch marks and the whole scene is rendered in dense linear strokes creating contrasts of light and shadow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B19_147

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Rights managed

Available size

39.4Mb (12.2Mb) / 13.7in x 11.2in / 4102 x 3360 (300dpi)

Keywords

Industrial landscape viaduct passing train print printmaker Karl Meunier painting Constantin Emile Meunier 1892 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique drypoint plate tone height 205 mm x width 295 mm title print was Au pays noir title refers name area Pays Noir industrial area Charleroi factory landscape railway train industries sepia-toned showing industrial landscape foreground wooden trestle supports shadowed structure midground rolling earth steep embankment narrow road path cutting background multiple tall chimneys rising low buildings emitting dark billowing smoke trails across sky textured fine hatch marks whole scene rendered dense linear strokes creating contrasts light shadow