L'Orage (The Storm)
Medium
drypoint and roulette with isolated areas of etching and possibly salt lift in black, touched in pen and black ink with gray wash, on moderately thick cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 14.9 x 22.6 cm (5 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 16.4 x 23.9 cm (6 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.61
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...