Dutch Winter Landscape with Windmills and Skaters 1870 - 1880
ludovicnapoleonlepic
print, etching
impressionism
etching
landscape
genre-painting
realism
Ludovic Napoléon Lepic's "Dutch Winter Landscape with Windmills and Skaters" (1870-1880) is a striking etching that captures the beauty of a frozen Dutch landscape. The scene is dominated by a vast, white expanse of ice, populated by countless figures engaged in skating and other winter activities. The composition is balanced by the prominent windmills silhouetted against the darkening sky, creating a sense of grandeur and scale. Lepic's use of black and white tones in this etching masterfully depicts the stillness and serenity of the winter scene.
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Ludovic Napoléon Lepic is one of the original French Impressionists. He painted, but was also an innovative printmaker. He only deemed an etching to be art when the printmaker printed his own copper plate and inked it in different ways. He called this method ‘l’eau-forte mobile,’ or variable etching. The impressions displayed here demonstrate what he meant. The differences are exclusively due to various ways of inking the plate.
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