Charles François Daubigny
French, 1817-1878
The Boat Studio, from The Boat Trip
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Charles François Daubigny
French, 1817-18781861
The Boat Studio, from The Boat Trip
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878 →etchingprint
Date
1861
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.1 × 13.2 cm (4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 13 × 17.7 cm (5 1/8 × 7 in.); Sheet: 22 × 29.9 cm (8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Charles Deering Collection
In order to paint the river landscape scenes which accorded so well with his temperament and taste, Daubigny decided to build a floating studio that could be positioned to afford the best points of view and to capture the varied effects of natural light. The etchings that resulted in the series The Boat Trip are an early example of the plein-air aesthetic, the practice of working out of doors, which would be wholeheartedly embraced by the Impressionists.
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