The Rainbow (L'Arc-en-ciel)
Artist
Félix Bracquemond
(French, 1833–1914)
Date1893
Mediumcharcoal with gray ink wash and white gouache heightening on cream laid paper
Dimensions40.7 × 54.4 cm (plate), 51.2 × 66.7 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsDrawings
Markingsstamped on verso in purple ink, "LN" in a lozenge.
Credit LineMrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection
Object number1926.830
Label TextFélix Bracquemond (1833-1914)
Though he had dreams of becoming a circus rider, Félix Bracquemond was instead apprenticed to a lithographer around fifteen years old. A talented draughtsman, Bracquemond was spotted by Jean Auguste Ingres’ former pupil Joseph Guichard, who took the young boy on as a student.
A pioneer in the French revival of printmaking, Bracquemond taught himself etching by reading the encyclopedia and later taught the technique to preeminent members of the Barbizon and Impressionist movements.
ProvenanceMrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Boston, MAOn View
Not on view
