Landscape with Two Monks, François Edouard Bertin , c. 1840, Cleveland Museum of Art: Drawing
Landscape with Two Monks, François Edouard Bertin , c. 1840, Cleveland Museum of Art: DrawingsBertin studied initially with Girodet and later with Ingres and from them acquired a grounding in classical landscape. He began his career by submitting a historical landscape to the Salon of 1827, but shortly thereafter he broke with classical tradition and devoted himself to painting and drawing from nature. He traveled widely in Europe, particularly in Italy, where he lived for more than a decade. In this drawing on blue paper, two monks populate an Italian roadside scene. Bertin combined a close examination of nature in the specific rendering of the trees and rocks with a clear, almost abstract organization of the planes that belies his classical training.Size: Sheet: 27.4 x 32.2 cm (10 13/16 x 12 11/16 in.)Medium: graphite heightened with white chalk; framing lines (arched at top) in graphitehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1990.79 -- source link
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