Vielle Maison de la Rue St. Romain à Rouen
Caroline Helena Armington Canadian
Not on view
Armington visited Rouen in 1923 and created this etching focused on a half-timbered medieval building whose upper floors extend out over a cobbled street. 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 also demonstrates the influence of James McNeill Whistler and the continued significance in the early twentieth century of principles espoused by the Etching Revival.
