Une Matinée d'Hiver au Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu (Winter Morning on the Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu)
Medium
etching with drypoint and roulette on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.8 x 31 cm (5 7/16 x 12 3/16 in.) sheet: 14 x 31.2 cm (5 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel
Accession Number
2000.7.9
Art Historical Context
Félix-Hilaire Buhot's *Une Matinée d'Hiver au Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu* ( Morning on the Quai l'Hôtel-Dieu), created in 1876, a crisp Parisian winter scene along the Seine River near the historic Hôtel-Dieu hospital. intimate etching evokes the quiet magic of a foggy morning, with figures bundled against the cold on the quay, highlighting Buhot's skill in rendering everyday urban life during the Belle Époque. As a master printmaker, Buhot bridged Realism and emerging Impressionist influences, using prints to explore light, atmosphere, and transience in late 19th-century France. The work is an etc...
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...