The Shower
1851
Atmospheric effects of weather and light demonstrate Daubigny's influence on later Impressionist painters who similarly sought to capture fleeting natural phenomena.
- Medium
- etching
- Location
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Spotted works by Charles François Daubigny
Artists in conversation
Francis Seymour Haden
British · b. 1818
Haden was a master etcher who similarly captured atmospheric outdoor scenes with dramatic weather effects and moody tonal contrasts, using the etching medium to convey fleeting natural phenomena like mist and rain over landscapes.
Johan Barthold Jongkind
Dutch · b. 1819
Jongkind created monochrome etchings and atmospheric landscape works depicting stormy skies and transient weather conditions, sharing Daubigny's Romantic sensibility and his direct influence on the Impressionist movement.
Charles Meryon
French · b. 1821
Meryon was a celebrated 19th century French etcher who brought intense atmospheric drama and tonal richness to his compositions, working in the same monochromatic etching tradition with a similarly Romantic and moody treatment of light and environment.
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