Au Luxembourg (At the Luxembourg Gardens)
Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
image: 20.2 × 113.1 cm · sheet: 29.9 × 22 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1998.34
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Threatened by the use of photomechanical methods to reproduce images in journals, printmakers formed various professional groups to demonstrate the artistic superiority of woodcut and wood engraving for the purpose of illustration. The Society of Wood Engravers (Société Corporative des Graveurs sur Bois) published a monthly art and literary review called L'Image (1896-97), in which Au Luxembourg appeared.