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The Mill and Waterfall of Grésy near Aix-les-Bains

1856

Eugene Bléry

(French, 1805–1886)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
etching on chine collé
Credit Line
Gift of John Bonebrake 2009.491
Catalogue raisonné
Fonds Français vol. II, p. 516, no. 139
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Bléry worked directly from nature or from his own drawings, and his landscape etchings are meticulous, delicate, and highly wrought. He was deeply influenced by Dutch 17th-century landscapes, particularly those by Meindert Hobbema and Jacob van Ruisdael, both of whom Bléry copied. The Mill and Waterfall of Grésy near Aix-les-Bains is one of the artist’s original compositions and reveals the attention that he lavished on the natural world. The Romantic overtones of this composition are related to numerous German landscapes of the period.
A vertical etching depicts a rugged gorge where timber buildings overlook a central cascading waterfall. Fine, cross-hatched lines render jagged cliffs and the rushing water spilling into a stone-filled stream. On the left, a wooden chute juts over the falls; on the right, a building sits amidst dense, expressive foliage. Thick forests rise in the background under a pale sky, the water roiling as it breaks over dark, textured rocks in the foreground.

The Mill and Waterfall of Grésy near Aix-les-Bains

1856

Eugene Bléry

(French, 1805–1886)
France, 19th century

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