The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Reading

c. 1875–1900

Eugène Carrière

(French, 1849–1906)
France, 19th century
brush and brown ink
Image: 33 x 27 cm (13 x 10 5/8 in.); Sheet: 41.8 x 66.6 cm (16 7/16 x 26 1/4 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams 1957.212
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Eugène Carrière's close friend, the sculptor Auguste Rodin, once said of the artist that he "sculpts in shadow."

Description

Eugène Carrière was known for the evocative, hazy brushwork he used throughout various media. Executed in his signature style, this drawing likely depicts the artist's family studying a book together. Carrière favored such intimate domestic scenes, using ethereal ochre marks to allow his subjects to blend into their surroundings.
  • ?-1957
    (Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, MA, sold to the Print Club of Cleveland)
    1957
    Print Club of Cleveland, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1957-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • French Drawings from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 13, 1994-March 12, 1995).
    Gifts from the Print Club to the Cleveland Museum of Art (April 4 - August 2, 1970).
    The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).
    Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1939-1959 (October 11, 1960 - November 3, 1961).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1957.212