A Pond in the Forest of Fontainebleau
The extraordinarily grand scale of this drawing demonstrates Allongé’s ambition to create independent works in charcoal. A leading proponent of the medium, he published an important treatise on the technique in 1873. The artist advocated that charcoal was best suited to representing light in a landscape because its great variety of grays and blacks enabled the study of relative values (the range of darks to lights). In 1876 Allongé settled in Bourron-Marlotte, a village on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest, which became his primary subject. Views of ponds in the area particularly attracted him due to the reflective quality of light across water, as seen here.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Pond in the Forest of Fontainebleau
- Artist: Auguste Allongé (French, Paris 1833–1898 Bourron-Marlotte)
- Date: 1870-98
- Medium: Charcoal
- Dimensions: Sheet: 27 9/16 × 39 3/8 in. (70 × 100 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, 2023
- Object Number: 2023.381
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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