Félix Henri Bracquemond
French, 1833–1914
The Swallows
INV-1490
Félix Henri Bracquemond
French, 1833–1914c. 1881
The Swallows
Félix Henri Bracquemond French, 1833–1914 →pen and ink drawingsdrawings (visual works)
Date
c. 1881
Medium
Pen and brush and black ink, with black chalk and graphite and touches of black Conté crayon, on tan wove paper
Dimensions
27.7 × 37.7 cm (10 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Marjorie Hubachek Watkins Fund in honor of her parents
Félix Bracquemond is best known for his role in the Etching Revival, for founding the Société des Aquafortistes in 1862, and for his discovery and promulgation of prints by the Japanese artists Hokusai and Hiroshige. This sheet of studies relates to an 1882 etching of the same title.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Félix Henri Bracquemond (French painter and printmaker, 1833-1914)
Emile Courtin French, 19th century
The Absinthe Drinker
Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883) assisted by Félix Henri Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914) published by (possibly) Alfred Porcabeuf (French, 19th-20th centuries)
Woman Feeding Her Child
Jean François Millet (French, 1814-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) Félix Henri Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914)
