Caption

Landscape with bare trees and woodcutters, Loading coppice (original title), print, printmaker: Willem de Zwart (signed by artist), c. 1896, paper, etching, intaglio printmaking technique, height 200 mm x width 300 mm, trees, (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart, forester, A monochrome sketch showing a flat landscape with two tall, slender trees, one on the left with a thicker trunk and spreading branches and one on the right more sparse and straight; a horizon line of low vegetation runs across the middle, and the sky is filled with horizontal, textured lines. In the foreground a figure sits or crouches near the ground between rough, dark patches of vegetation, and to the right of the figure a cartwheel and a partially obscured cart or broken machinery lie among scattered debris and small plants. The overall drawing uses fine, linear strokes and hatching to render trunks, branches, grass, and ground textures.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B22_306

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45.5Mb (6.0Mb) / 16.6in x 10.6in / 4991 x 3189 (300dpi)

Keywords

Landscape bare trees woodcutters Loading coppice original title print printmaker Willem de Zwart signed artist c 1896 paper etching intaglio printmaking technique height 200 mm x width 300 mm trees farm wagon freight wagon cart forester monochrome sketch showing flat landscape two tall slender trees left thicker trunk spreading branches right sparse straight horizon line low vegetation runs across middle sky filled horizontal textured lines foreground figure sits crouches near ground rough dark patches vegetation figure cartwheel partially obscured cart broken machinery lie scattered debris small plants drawing uses fine linear strokes hatching render trunks branches grass ground textures