Butte aux Cailles
Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 22.5 x 14.5 cm (8 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
2017.199.30
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
**Butte aux Cailles**1873) by Félixilaire Buhot captures slice of everyday Parisian life on the Butte aux Cailles, a hill in the 13 arrondissement known for its-class neighborhoods during the late 19th century. just two years after the Paris Commune, this intimate drawing reflects the city's resilient urban pulse amid post-revolutionary recovery. Buhot, a artist celebrated for his innovative printmaking and atmospheric depictions of street scenes, here turns his keen eye to the humble rooftops and winding streets that defined ordinary life in Haussmann-era Paris. Rendered in watercolor over g...
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...