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The Little Hunter
Buhot remembered the image of his Autumn Morning and decided, many years later, to return to the subject, but now in lithography. In contrast to the much smaller and earlier etching, the lithograph presents the appearance of a crayon drawing, far…
The Little Hunter
Buhot remembered the image of his Autumn Morning and decided, many years later, to return to the subject, but now in lithography. In contrast to the much smaller and earlier etching, the lithograph presents the appearance of a crayon drawing, far…
The Little Funeral
The appearance of funeral scenes in Buhot’s work may be attributed to his melancholic disposition, but there is another source as well. Buhot’s Paris studio was on the Boulevard de Clichy, and one side of that street was lined with houses…
The Gatteville Lighthouse in the Evening
This little painting, unsigned and of unknown date but authenticated by the artist’s son Jean, is a clear example that Buhot could paint in an Impressionist style. Not that he frequently did, but he could. Buhot’s paintings are rather remarkable…
The Cliff-Bay of Saint-Malo
The basis of this print is a heliogravure after a watercolor by Buhot’s father-in-law, Henry Johnston. Heliogravure, a photomechanical reproductive technique, was only the beginning. Through a myriad of techniques employed over several states,…
The Cemetery at Valognes
When still in the possession of the artist’s widow, this unusual work was listed as a drawing. It is, however, a painting on canvas in an unusual technique, apparently invented by Edgar Degas, called peinture à l’essence, in which the oil is…
Spleen and Ideal or The Cab with Cupids
The first part of the title refers to a section of poems in Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal; the second part is simply descriptive. The etching is based on a painting of 1876 and is realized in reverse. The cab is engulfed in darkness, and…
Spirits of Dead Cities
Victor Hugo was Buhot’s favorite poet, and this fantastic image was originally intended to be an illustration for an edition of Hugo’s Les Voix intérieures, les rayons et les ombres. The work is, however, more an evocation of Hugo’s poetry and…
Night Patrol
In this second state (in the third state the plate is cancelled, signaling the end of its use by the artist), Buhot changes the image into a true night scene. The complex of techniques, particularly the stop-out (the use of varnish to prevent an area…
Night Patrol
This scene is in Quinéville, a coastal village in Normandy near Buhot’s hometown of Valognes, where there was a fort that required regular patrol by a watchman. Buhot did a related oil painting of the subject in the same year, of much greater…
My Little Town
Valognes is seen down its main street, the rue de Fantasie (now boulevard Félix Buhot), looking towards the Church of Saint-Malo. The streets are wet, the umbrellas are out, as are the dogs, and it is a typical day in a small Norman village. It is…
Marine Painter
With the addition of large, intimidating birds in the sky, a darkening of the image, and brightening of the highlights, the scene becomes a surreal phantasmagoria, tempting the viewer to regard the print as an allegory of life and its dangers. In…
Marine Painter
The lonely painter, laden with his gear and trudging along the sand by the wave-encrusted sea, provides a melancholic but straightforward subject. It is transformed, however, into a fantastic image as creatures of the sea and air appear as…
Geese
Comparison of two impressions (the first and final state) reveals how completely distinct they are, as if two different artists, working side by side, interpreted the same scene. With the addition of etching and more detail, the final plate becomes a…
Geese
One can assume that the location in this image is Normandy, for Buhot returned many times to his hometown. Comparison of two impressions (the first and final state) reveals how completely distinct they are, as if two different artists, working side…
Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy
Funeral Procession is the only one of Buhot’s etchings destined from the beginning to be a color print, even though a number of his plates were at times printed in various colors. The coloring here is meant less for lifelike representation than for…
Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy
Two impressions of Funeral Procession, ostensibly in the same state, are included because they are so distinct from one another. The difference is due to the choice of paper and the style of printing. The other impression is almost stark in its…
Evening, after Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Buhot made a number of prints after paintings by others, usually for commercial ends—as images, for example, to be included in a book or catalogue. It was a way of making money for a young artist. This print, however, is not among them. It is,…
Country Neighbors
This counterproof was made by laying a clean sheet atop a freshly printed impression and passing both through the press. It was created as a cul-de-lampe or tailpiece for an article on Buhot by Octave Uzanne, published in the journal Le Livre in…
Country Neighbors
The image is often described as Buhot’s most charming print, a portrayal of the archetypical French couple heading home in a rainstorm under a single umbrella. Buhot added detailed margins to the left, reflecting what might be found within the…
Baptism in the Japanese Style
The first thing one notices about the work is that it is printed in two colors, with the little portrait standing out from the complex composition. Not all impressions are printed in this manner, with the artist choosing instead to use a black or…
An Autumn Morning or The Morning Huntsman
Buhot rarely made prints of generic landscape, generally preferring to etch and interpret actual scenes known to him. This print stands out in his work for its anonymity of place and its execution, in which detail is largely obscured in the depth of…
A Street in Valognes
Numerous studies exist for an etching of the same title and composition, all realized, as might be expected, in reverse of the print. This drawing, executed in the same orientation as the etching, was thus likely completed by Buhot as an independent…