Name: Antique Master Print-TREKKENDE-ROMA-CARAVAN-ETCHING-Brouet-1902-1941
SKU: PICTURA-06443
Availability: OutOfStock

Antique Master Print-TREKKENDE-ROMA-CARAVAN-ETCHING-Brouet-1902-1941

€125.00

‘SIGNED BY ARTIST, EDITION MARKED NO. 15/100’

– A finely detailed etching with drypoint and plate tone depicting a Roma (Gypsy) caravan traveling along a rural road. The composition captures a group of Roma people, including men, women, and children, moving on foot alongside a horse-drawn wooden caravan. Some individuals carry belongings, while a woman and children sit within the covered wagon, wrapped in blankets. The scene exudes a sense of hardship, movement, and perseverance. This print was created by the French etcher and book illustrator Auguste Brouet (1872-1941) and published by Dietrich & Cie. Brouet was renowned for his expressive realistic depictions of lower social classes and his masterful use of chiaroscuro. His work belongs to the classical etching tradition and reflects influences from the Naturalist movement.

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Description

Medium: Etching, drypoint, plate tone on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: monogram.

Sheet size: 34.1 x 13 cm (13.43 x 5.12 inch). Image size: 34.1 x 13 cm. (13.43 x 5.12 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Slight aging, minor handling marks, tear in top right of the image above the wagon. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

AUGUSTE BROUET, ROMA PEOPLE, GYPSY CARAVAN, HORSE-DRAWN WAGON, DRYPOINT, PLATE TONE, 20TH-CENTURY ETCHING, SOCIAL REALISM, FRENCH ETCHING, ITINERANT TRAVELERS, BOOK ILLUSTRATION | PCO-E21-46

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Dietrich & Cie.

Reference: Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen Inventory Number: BdH 922 (PK).

Biography engraver: Auguste Brouet (1872-1941) was a French etcher and book illustrator known for his depictions of lower-class life, street scenes, and war subjects. Raised in poverty in northeastern Paris, he studied art under Eugene Quignolot and briefly attended Gustave Moreau’s atelier. Starting in the early 1900s, he gained recognition for his expressive, atmospheric etchings, which became highly sought after in France and the United States during the Print Revival of the 1920s. His work was deeply influenced by the Naturalist movement, focusing on the hardships of working-class people. During the Great Depression, the demand for prints declined, and he died in poverty in 1941.