A Pond with a Fisherman along the River Ain
Adolphe Appian
1868–70
Medium
Charcoal with stumping and scratching out
Dimensions
21-5/8 x 38-1/4 in. (54.9 x 97.2 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, by exchange, 1998
Accession Number
1998.359
Tags
FishingRiversLandscapes
About the Artist
Adolphe Appian · 1818–1898
Adolphe Appian, born Jacques Barthélemy Adolphe Appian in Lyon, France, on August 28, 1819, began his artistic training at the age of fifteen at the École des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. There, he studied under the landscape painters Jean-Michel Grobon and Augustin Alexandre Thierrat, initially focusing on fabric decoration for the city's thriving silk industry. This practical grounding in drawing honed h...