L'Orage (The Storm)
Medium
drypoint and roulette with isolated areas of etching and possibly salt lift in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.1 x 22.9 cm (5 15/16 x 9 in.) sheet: 30.9 x 43.7 cm (12 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.62
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...