At Concarneau, Finistère
Maxime Lalanne
1874
Medium
Etching on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
Image: 12.5 × 20.8 cm (4 15/16 × 8 1/4 in.); Plate: 16 × 23.8 cm (6 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 28.2 × 40 cm (11 1/8 × 15 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
10355
About the Artist
Maxime Lalanne
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (1827–1886) was born in Bordeaux into a family of civil servants, initially pursuing classical studies and a law career. At the Institution Oré, he learned drawing from instructor Saulnier and showed early promise, exhibiting pencil and pastel works at Bordeaux's Philomathique Society in 1850, where he earned a bronze medal. Encouraged by architect Léo Drouyn, Lalan...