Jean Edmond Aman Beneath the flowers 1898 lithograph British Museum |
Another group from the 1890s, prudently and inexpensively collected when the 19th century was ending, then migrating into the protected caverns of the British Museum while still fresh and bright. Drawings and etchings can actually benefit aesthetically from a little dirt and damage, but lithographs can only aspire to a successful impact while they remain in pristine condition, like these.
Henri Meunier The hour of silence 1897 lithograph British Museum |
Hans Thoma Spring on a mountain lake 1898 lithograph British Museum |
Hans Christiansen Hour of the shepherd (hour favorable to love) 1898 lithograph British Museum |
Henri Gabriel Ibels Clown approaching circus ring late 19th-early 20th century lithograph British Museum |
Louis Rhead Woman with peacocks 1897 lithograph British Museum |
Auguste Donnay Artemis 1897 lithograph British Museum |
Angelo Jank Woman with parrot 1898 lithograph British Museum |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender 1895 lithograph British Museum |
Alphonse Mucha Salomé 1897 lithograph British Museum |
Édouard Vuillard The seamstress 1895 lithograph British Museum |
Paul Cézanne Bathers 1897 lithograph British Museum |
Theodoor van Hoytema Jackdaw ca. 1898 lithograph British Museum |
Henri Jules Ferdinand Bellery-Desfontaines The Illusion 1897 lithograph British Museum |
I am grateful to the British Museum for making these images available.