In the Valromey Valley, near the Rhône River, 1868, Adolphe Appian, French, Lyon 1818–Lyon 1898, 27 1/8 x 50 3/4 in. (68.9 x 128.91 cm) (image)41 1/8 x 64 15/16 x 1 in. (104.46 x 164.94 x 2.54 cm) (outer frame), Charcoal, black and white chalk, with touches of cream-colored pastel, on beige paper, France, 19th century, Adolphe Appian was renowned for his charcoals, and the immense In the Valromey Valley shows his mastery of the medium. Traditionally made of charred willow, vine twigs, or other wood, and available from the 1840s as compressed sticks, charcoal was capable of seemingly infinite gradations, of being coloristic without actual color. Appian’s energies helped charcoal attain importance for finished, independent works of art.
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