Charles François Daubigny French Gallery

The Shepherd and the Shepherdess, 1874. Creator: Charles Francois Daubigny (French

The Shepherd and the Shepherdess, 1874. Although etching had fallen into disfavor in France, Daubigny began to produce original etchings in the 1840s. The revival of this technique began to accelerate, and in 1862 the Societe des Aquafortistes (Society of Etchers) was organized by Alfred Cadart, who was instrumental in publishing many albums of prints. In addition, periodicals such as LArtiste (The Artist) included original etchings, which also helped to generate interest in the medium. The countryside around Barbizon (a village about 30 miles southeast of Paris) provided a refuge from the urbanization and industrialization of modern life and offered landscape etchers a vast array of scenery--from wild forest to rocky gorges. Daubigny, who wanted to retain the immediacy of the direct observation of nature, used a flat-bottomed boat as a floating studio on the rivers of France in order to capture the momentary effects of light and atmosphere

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Stags, 1862. Creator: Charles Francois Daubigny (French, 1817-1878)

Stags, 1862. Around 1853 a few artists and photography buffs who were searching for a photographic method of producing multiple prints developed the cliche-verre. A glass plate is coated with an opaque ground through which the design is drawn with a sharp instrument. The plate is then placed on top of a sheet of light-sensitive paper and exposed to light so that the image is reproduced on the paper

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The Boat Trip: Moving into Le Botin (The Ships Furnishings) or Moving to the Boat

The Boat Trip: Moving into "Le Botin" (The Ship's Furnishings) or Moving to the Boat, 1861

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