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Adrien Lavieille — Four Hours of the Day: Evening

Adrien Lavieille

Four Hours of the Day: Evening

1860

"Four Hours of the Day: Evening" is a wood engraving by Adrien Lavieille that depicts the atmospheric qualities and social activity characteristic of evening hours. The work employs the fine linear marks and tonal variations typical of wood engraving to capture the transitional light and mood of day's end. As part of a series exploring different times of day, this print demonstrates Lavieille's skill in rendering both natural phenomena and human figures within a single compositional framework.

Medium
wood engraving

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Adrien Lavieille, Four Hours of the Day: Evening, 1860

"Four Hours of the Day: Evening" is a wood engraving by Adrien Lavieille that depicts the atmospheric qualities and social activity characteristic of evening hours. The work employs the fine linear marks and tonal variations typical of wood engraving to capture the transitional light and mood of day's end. As part of a series exploring different times of day, this print demonstrates Lavieille's skill in rendering both natural phenomena and human figures within a single compositional framework.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1860
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Melancholic Mood, French, Serene, Lithography, 19th Century, Classical, Allegorical Figures, Decorative Arts, Neoclassical Style, French Artist, Wood Engraving, Landscape, Time of day theme, Romanticism, Nature, Time Of Day, Print Series, Evening

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