Iconographie du genre camellia: No. 171
Abbé Laurent Berlèse (French)
1839–1843
Medium
stipple and line engraving, with hand coloring
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mrs. William G. Mather
Accession Number
1955.456
Tags
male
About the Artist
Abbé Laurent Berlèse (French)
Georges Hugnet (1906–1974) was a multifaceted French artist, poet, writer, and critic whose innovative collages and graphic works bridged Dada and Surrealism. Born in Paris on July 11, 1906, he spent much of his early childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, returning to France around 1913. His early life and artistic training remain sparsely documented, with no records of formal art school attendanc...