The Boat Studio, from The Boat Trip
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 10.1 × 13.2 cm (4 × 5 1/4 in.); Plate: 13 × 17.7 cm (5 1/8 × 7 in.); Sheet: 22 × 29.9 cm (8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
141864
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
In order to paint the river landscape scenes which accorded so well with his temperament and taste, Daubigny decided to build a floating studio that could be positioned to afford the best points of view and to capture the varied effects of natural light. The etchings that resulted in the series The Boat Trip are an early example of the plein-air aesthetic, the practice of working out of doors, which would be wholeheartedly embraced by the Impressionists.
About the Artist
Charles François Daubigny (French) · 1817 –1878
French, Paris 1817–1878 Paris