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La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay)

La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay), by Félix-Hilaire Buhot, ink, 1888
La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay), by Félix-Hilaire Buhot, ink, 1888

La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay) is an ink print by the Impressionist artist Félix-Hilaire Buhot. It dates from 1888 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

About this work

Overview

La Falaise: Baie de Saint-Malo (The Cliff: Saint-Malo Bay) is a print created by Félix-Hilaire Buhot in 1888 using various intaglio techniques.

Subject & Meaning

The print depicts a rugged cliffside landscape with a bay in the background, featuring vegetation-covered cliffs and small boats on the water under a cloudy grey sky.

Technique & Style

Buhot employed a range of techniques, including heliogravure, etching, drypoint, roulette, aquatint, and burnishing, to achieve a somber, realistic representation with dark, muted colors and rough textures.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Félix-Hilaire Buhot (1847–1898) was a French artist, born in Valognes.

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