Approaching Morestal
c. 1845
François-Auguste Ravier captures the quiet, misty atmosphere of the French countryside in this loose, sketchy study of the village of Morestel. Created around 1845, long before Impressionism fully bloomed, the drawing uses rapid strokes and subtle washes of blue to suggest buildings perched on a rocky bank above a flowing river. Ravier was a close friend of Corot and spent decades capturing the light and landscape of this specific region, acting as a bridge between traditional landscape painting and the revolutionary Impressionists who would follow.
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