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Adolphe APPIANUne Mare (Environs de Roussillon) - Etching by Appian - 1864 ca.1864 ca.
1864 ca.
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About the Item
Etching on laid paper.
Signed and dated in plate upper left: Appian 1867.
Published by Cadart
Luquet, Éditeurs, 79 Rue Richelieu, Paris
With the blindstamp of the Société des Aquafortistes, lower margin
In Une mare (Environs de Roussillon), Adolphe Appian evokes the tranquil poetry of a rural pond framed by trees and reeds. The composition centers on a still pool of water reflecting the surrounding vegetation, with a heron poised elegantly in the foreground. Appian’s fine etching line and nuanced tonal gradations capture the quiet mystery of nature — a moment suspended between realism and reverie.
Executed in 1867, this work exemplifies Appian’s mature mastery of the etched medium. His use of subtle cross-hatching and velvety shadow modulations produces a depth and atmosphere reminiscent of the Barbizon painters, yet distinct in its delicacy and restraint. The sense of solitude and balance between land, water, and air reveals Appian’s deep sensitivity to the landscape of southeastern France, especially around Lyon and Roussillon, where he often worked.
Excellent impression on laid paper, with wide margins. Light surface tone and occasional foxing in outer margin; image pristine.
Adolphe Appian (born Jacques Barthélemy Appian) was among the foremost French etchers of the 19th century, known for his lyrical landscapes and refined tonal technique. A friend of Corot and Daubigny, he was instrumental in bridging the naturalism of the Barbizon School with the atmospheric subtlety that later influenced Whistler and the Impressionists. Une mare (Environs de Roussillon), published by the Société des Aquafortistes, embodies his meditative approach to nature — a serene and timeless dialogue between light, reflection, and solitude.
- Creator:Adolphe APPIAN (Lyon, 1818 - 1898, French)
- Creation Year:1864 ca.
- Dimensions:Height: 21.66 in (55 cm)Width: 14.18 in (36 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
- Condition:Insurance may be requested by customers as additional service, contact us for more information.
- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: T-1581501stDibs: LU650317321402
Adolphe APPIAN
Adolphe Appian (born as Jacques Barthelemy Adolphe Appian on 28 August 1819 in Lyon, France, died on 29 April 1898 in Lyon) was a French landscape painter and etcher. He changed his name to Adolphe Appian at age fifteen. At the same age Appian attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at Lyon which was an art school which specialized in training to decorate fabrics by a local silk industry. He studied under Jean-Michel Grobon and Augustin Alexandre Thierrat. Later he opened a studio in Lyon and worked as a graphic designer. He travelled to Paris to finish his studies and after he had exhibited a painting and a charcoal drawing in the Paris Salon In 1852, Adolphe Appian met Camille Corot and Charles-François Daubigny who left a lasting mark on his work and his career. He participated in the Universal Exhibition of 1862 in London. In 1866, Appian's two works that he exhibited in Paris were bought by Napoleon III and by princess Mathilde.
He painted at the beginning of his career atmospheric pictures in a monochromatic palette of the riverside of the Rhone and the south of France. In 1870 he changed his style to use brilliant and striking color in his paintings but he still continued to make charcoal drawings as well as small etchings of landscapes in the Barbizon style.
From 1863, he began to produce etchings, printed by Auguste Delâtre.
As an etcher, he had a distinct influence on the American artist, Stephen Parrish.
In 1885, he participated in the first international exhibition of white and black , section "Charcoals" and obtained the medal of honor in gold.
He won the gold medal at the 1868 Salon in Paris, and participated in the 1889 Paris Universal Exhibition .
Appian frequented the village of Rossillon , then appreciated by painters, and spent many summers in Artemare , in the Bas-Bugey , where he went down to the Hotel Buffet. He painted many sites in the Valromey . A friend of the painters of the Barbizon school, he made several stays in Fontainebleau . He is nicknamed the " Charcoal Delacroix ".
Appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor inJuly 18926 , Adolphe Appian died in Lyon in 1898. His works a re kept in many public collections : In France
National Library of France
Municipal Museum of Bourg-en-Bresse
Castres Museum
Marseille , Cantini Museum
Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
Nice Museum of Fine Arts
Cherbourg-Octeville , Thomas-Henry Museum
Mâcon , Musée des Ursulines
Chambery Museum of Fine Arts :
Tournus , Greuze Museum Paul-Dini Museum in Villefranche-sur-Saône Grenoble , Grenoble Museum
Rouen Museum of Fine Arts
Nantes Museum of Fine Arts
Le Puy-en-Velay , Crozatier Museum
Montpellier , Fabre Museum In the USA San Francisco , California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Cleveland Museum of Art Dalhousie University Art Gallery ( Halifax , Nova Scotia )
Pomona College Museum of Art
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