Hippolyte Boulenger (1837–74)
Paysage (Landscape), n.d.

Watercolor on paper
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Gift of Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust

Boulenger

Jeffery Howe
Professor Emeritus, Art History

Jeffery Howe

This radically simple watercolor sketch of the Belgian countryside, probably in the vicinity of Tervuren, uses masses of color and free-floating pencil marks to capture the rural landscape, defining contours of the land and tracing the shapes of clouds. Delicate washes of blue depict the sky above a red farmhouse in the distance. This quick sketch omits any details in its abstraction. In its simplicity, it gives a glimpse into the creative process of the artist.


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