Figures on a Shore [verso]
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
c. 1875
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 14.4 x 11.3 cm (5 11/16 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth B. Benedict
Accession Number
1994.60.9.b
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...