Rue Morland, Constantine
Caroline Helena Armington Canadian
Not on view
Armington visited northernn Algeria in 1912 and created this view of a narrow cobbled street in Constantine (also called Qacentina or Kasantina).Cloaked figures stand on a street lined with old buildings with tiled roofs. Born near Toronto, the artist moved to Paris with her artist husband Frank Armington in 1905. They both learned to etch in 1908 and then traveled through Europe and to North Africa and North America to find subjects. Demonstrating an interest in traditional picturesque imagery, Armington's work demonstrates the influence of James McNeill Whistler and the continued significance in the early twentieth century of principles espoused by the Etching Revival.
