Eugène BLÉRY (1805-1887) is one of the first artists to bring the technique of etching back from the dustbin of history in France. While engraving directly with the burin had been regarded as the superior printmaking technique, Bléry rediscovered the richness of textures provided by etching. Distancing himself from the family trade of architecture and engineering at an early age, Bléry was able, thanks to some private patrons and a subscription to his etching to live from his art. Almost solely focused on landscapes, flowers and plants, he is one of the first artists to draw directly in nature. His pencil drawings are extremely fine and delicate. His etchings, worked to perfection in many states, were all printed by him, generally on luminous chine-collé.
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Le Ruysdaël or Chemin en Forêt (original French titles) Etching on chine-collé on thick wove paper.References: Beraldi 88, BN-IFF 109.This etching ...
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Roseaux et Salicaire, Osmonde, etc (original French title) Etching on chine-collé on thick wove paper.References: Beraldi 174, BN-IFF 146.First pla...
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Etching on toned wove paper.References: LeBlanc 51; Béraldi 214-295. Titled, dated, signed and annotated in ink in the lower plate margin. Small ma...
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Etching on chine-collé on this wove paper. References: Béraldi 162, BN-IFF 115. From the series titled Plantes variées gravées à l'eau-forte. Signe...
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Le Chêne en Eventail, Vallée de la Solle (original French title) Etching on chine-collé on thick wove paper. References: Beraldi supplement 37; no...
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Moulin près de l'Alby en Savoye (original French title) Etching on chine-collé on thick paper, 1846. References: Beraldi 58; Le Blanc 62; BN-IFF...
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Etching on chine-collé on thick wove paper. References: Beraldi supplement 36; not in BN-IFF. Le Blanc mentioned that this plate was destroyed befo...
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