Inceste d'âmes; Mineur et soldat
Alphonse Osbert
1896
Medium
4-color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 31.1 x 48.5 cm (12 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of The Atlas Foundation
Accession Number
1995.76.57
About the Artist
Alphonse Osbert
Alphonse Osbert (1857–1939) was a French Symbolist painter whose ethereal visions of ghostlike muses in mysterious nocturnal landscapes made him one of the movement's most distinctive voices. Born in Paris on March 23, 1857, Osbert received rigorous academic training at the École des Beaux-Arts under Henri Lehmann, Fernand Cormon, and Léon Bonnat. His early work reflected his passion for Spanish O...