Crepuscule d'Hiver (Winter Dusk)

Gustave Marissiaux, artist

1872–1929

Crepuscule d'Hiver (Winter Dusk), 1908

Portfolio/Series title: Visions d'Artiste

Where object was made: Belgium

Material/technique: photogravure

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 x 17.8 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 5 1/8 x 7 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund

Accession number: 1989.0058.27

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The bent and bare trees, soft light, and fog rolling through the hills creates a certain tone within this place. Photogravure is a printmaking technique that allows the artist to manipulate a photograph and create hazy, dreamlike scenes such as this one. The English translation of the title is “Winter Twilight.”

How would it feel to walk through a place like this?

Spencer Museum of Art Highlights

Marissiaux’s photographs are indicative of the Pictorialist tradition, an international style characterized by soft focus that evokes rather than simply represents its subject. In this image, the combination of soft focus and misty hills creates an atmospheric, ethereal landscape.

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