RAFFAELLI. La Seine à Paris

Bella veduta di Parigi. Jean-François Raffaelli, disegnatore, pittore, incisore e scultore, legatosi in amicizia con i pittori impressionisti, fu invitato da loro ad esporre alla prima mostra tenuta nello studio del fotografo Nadar nel 1874. Abile disegnatore, dalla resa rapida ed immediata, Raffaelli oppose alla pittura impressionista una visione realista, permeata da vaghi ideali umanitari. Ha introdotto innovazioni tecniche nel disegno a inchiostro, puntasecca e nella stampa di incisioni a colori.

Jean-François Raffaelli, draftsman, painter, engraver and sculptor, linked in friendship with the Impressionist painters, was invited by them to exhibit at the first exhibition held in the studio of the photographer Nadar in 1874. Unlike most of the Impressionists, Jean-Francois Raffaelli devoted himself more to original print making than to painting. Delteil’s catalogue raisonne on Jean-Francois Raffaelli's graphic art lists one hundred and eighty-three prints, with all but five in the mediums of etching and engraving. His drypoint engravings (both in colours and in black and white) made him famous, particularly in his studies of Parisian life. One contemporary critic labeled him the “Millet of Paris”.