Les Baux

Art Historical Context

Henry Rushbury's *Les Baux* (1922) captures the haunting beauty of Les Baux-de-Provence, a medievaltop village in southern France for its dramatic ruins and stark landscapes. Created in the interwar period, this drypoint print reflects Rushbury's fascination with European architecture and atmosphere, drawing viewers into the ancient stone remnants perched against a vast sky. As a British artist active in the early 20 century etching revival, Rushbury often depicted such evocative sites with precision and mood, evoking a sense of timeless decay. The medium—drypoint in black on a plate measurin...

About the Artist

Henry Rushbury

Henry Rushbury was a British artist celebrated primarily for his etchings and watercolors of architectural subjects, working during the early and middle decades of the twentieth century. He studied at the Birmingham School of Art before moving to London, where he became part of a generation of printmakers who revitalized the etching medium in Britain during the years surrounding the First World Wa...