The Rainbow (L'Arc-en-ciel) trial proof in brown
Artist
Félix Bracquemond
(French, 1833–1914)
Dateabout 1893
Mediumlithograph on cream wove paper
Dimensions45 x 63.5 cm (sheet)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMrs. Kingsmill Marrs Collection
Terms
Object number1926.835
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.
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