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Dawn—Hunter with Dog
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Created at the height of Henri Harpignies's career, this large watercolor landscape features the artist's characteristic gray-green palette. Harpignies developed the composition using overlapping planes unified by a meandering stream or road. It is impossible to identify the exact setting of the image, which instead was likely meant as a souvenir of the French countryside Harpignies knew well and represented often.
| Artist / Maker | Henri Joseph Harpignies |
|---|---|
| Date | 1882 |
| Culture / Origin | France, 19th century |
| Medium | watercolor |
| Dimensions | Sheet: 37.6 x 53.5 cm (14 13/16 x 21 1/16 in.) |
| Department | Drawings |
| Type | Drawing |
About the Artist
Born into a bourgeois family of Belgian descent who established a sugar beet factory, Henri Joseph Harpignies became seriously interested in painting during an extended trip through France in 1838. However, he first worked as a sales agent until 1848, when he entered the studio of landscape painter Jean-Alexis Achard (1807-1884). Harpignies traveled to Crémieu and Brussels with Achard but decided to return home upon the outbreak of the revolution of 1848. After the revolution, he traveled through southern Germany… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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