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Auguste Brouet — Frédéric Mistral: Mémoires et Recits by Frédéric Mistral: tower in landscape/ man and dead game (insert after p. 200)
Auguste Brouet

Frédéric Mistral: Mémoires et Recits by Frédéric Mistral: tower in landscape/ man and dead game (insert after p. 200)

1937

This etching by Auguste Brouet illustrates a passage from Frédéric Mistral's autobiographical work "Mémoires et Recits," depicting a rural tower set within a landscape alongside a figure with his hunting kill. Brouet's delicate linework and careful use of tone create atmospheric depth, characteristic of his accomplished printmaking technique. The composition captures both the architectural elements and human presence within the Provençal countryside that was central to Mistral's literary and cultural vision.

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Auguste Brouet, Frédéric Mistral: Mémoires et Recits by Frédéric Mistral: tower in landscape/ man and dead game (insert after p. 200), 1937

This etching by Auguste Brouet illustrates a passage from Frédéric Mistral's autobiographical work "Mémoires et Recits," depicting a rural tower set within a landscape alongside a figure with his hunting kill. Brouet's delicate linework and careful use of tone create atmospheric depth, characteristic of his accomplished printmaking technique. The composition captures both the architectural elements and human presence within the Provençal countryside that was central to Mistral's literary and cultural vision.

Medium
etchings
Year
1937
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

19th-20th Century, Nostalgic Mood, Etching, French Artist, Book Illustration, Literary Illustration, Realism, Narrative Composition, Provençal subject matter, Rural Landscape

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