(Untitled)
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Moune G.H. Webster
Accession Number
1974.85.74
Tags
Art Historical Context
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (6–1938), a Canadian-American printmaker celebrated for his delicate etchings, created this untitled work in an unknown date. Working during the etching revival of the late 19th early 20th centuries, MacLaughlan mastered the intaglio technique, capturing subtle atmospheric effects in landscapes and everyday scenes. His prints often evoke a quiet poetry, blending American tonalism with European influences from his time studying in Paris. This graphic print, featuring a plain landscape with a solitary tree (as suggested by its tags), exemplifies MacLaughlan's affinity fo...
About the Artist
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan (1876–1938) was born on November 9 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, though he is recognized as an American artist after his family relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1890. There, as a teenager, he immersed himself in the Boston Public Library's collections of old master prints, studying works by Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and eighteenth-century E...