French Landscape
1884/89
Medium
Etching in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.7 × 15 cm (8 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 29 × 24.5 cm (11 7/16 × 9 11/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
261647
Art Historical Context
John Henry Twachtman’s *French Landscape* (1884/89) is a delicate etching in black ink on cream w paper, measuring a modest plate size of 20.7 × 15 cm. Created during the artist’s formative years in Europe, this print captures the essence of the French countryside through Twachtman’s emerging impressionistic vision. As an American painter associated with the Cos Cob art colony and influenced by French masters like Claude Monet, Twachtman traveled to Paris and Normandy in the 1880s, where he honed his skills in light, atmosphere, and loose brushwork—qualities that translate beautifully into pri...
About the Artist
John Henry Twachtman
American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1853–1902 Gloucester, Massachusetts