Le retour des artistes (The Return of the Artists)
Medium
etching, aquatint, and roulette in black on thin Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.7 x 32 cm (8 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 27 x 39.2 cm (10 5/8 x 15 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.32
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...