Description

Joseph-Marie-Justin Gabriel known as Justin J. Gabriel or Justin Gabriel (1838-1923)

Justin J. Gabriel (1838-1923): The Elm

Original etching, circa 1864

Proof on japanese paper applied on wove paper. The beginning of the title of the etching unidentified. Proof annotated and signed in pencil. Before any mention of the publisher. Artist proof ?

Size of the sheet : H. 270 mm x W. 365 mm – Size of the japan : H. 76 mm x W. 106 mm

Justin Gabriel (1838-1923) is a French engraver and painter. His first works executed around 1864-1870, bring him closer to the painters of the future impressionist current, with whom he had links. For J.Bailly-Hersberg, “his first engravings often of small formats are rather close to the impressionist invoice by their flickers and by the vaporous note which emerges from it and are not without recalling the current of avant-garde of the time”.