Sujet
Estérel Village, c. 1890. Creator: Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917).
Légende
Estérel Village, c. 1890. Spontaneously executed because the media dries quickly, monotypes reflect the artist?s first impulse. Printing also presents an element of chance, as the pressure of transferring the design blurs it, creating softened edges. Degas utilized the technique to construct forms with shadow and light by building broad tonal areas without relying on line. Inspired by a trip through the Burgundy countryside in 1890, he produced a group of relatively large monotypes using coloured inks for the first time. Manipulating oil colour with a rag, he fabricated vague landscape designs from his imagination, letting coloured masses represent earth, vegetation, and sky, creating an almost abstract visionary and evocative scene like in Estérel Village.
Date
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F80_112
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
122,7Mo (7,3Mo) / 63,9cm x 48,1cm / 7548 x 5680 (300dpi)