JAMES TISSOT (1836–1902 France) Entre les deux mon coeur balance (How happy I could be with either) 1877. Etching, drypoint. Te Papa (1981-0084-1)
Théodore Géricault (1791–1824 France) Le maréchal anglais (The English blacksmith) 1822, from the series Études de Chevaux/Grands Chevaux (Horse Studies/Large Horses), lithograph. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1969. Te Papa (1969-0010-22)
Jean-François Millet (1814–75 France) Les bêcheurs (The diggers) 1855–56, etching. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1952. Te Papa (1952-0003-161)
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911 France) Le matin sur la rivière (Morning on the river), about 1890–1904, etching. Mrs Harold Wright,1965. Te Papa (1964-0001-21)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919 France) Le chapeau épinglé (Pinning the hat), about 1894, etching. Gift of Sir John Ilott, 1962. Te Papa (1962-0001-23)
Gericault to Gauguin
Printmaking in France 1820–1900
15 December 2012 - 17 March 2013
This selection of prints from Te Papa’s collection retraces the revival of printmaking that occurred in France in the 19th century.
By early that century, printmaking had become a medium of craftsmen rather than artists. Reproductions of works in other media, such as paintings, had become commonplace, mass-produced by the commercial print industry.
But from the 1820s, artists in France increasingly reclaimed this art form. They took up printmaking to further explore the ideas of their paintings and also to create original images.
Developed and presented by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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