The Flood

François-Nicolas Chifflart French

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Chifflart acheived early success in his career, winning the Prix de Rome in 1851. He went on to specialize in printmaking, playing a leading role in the French etching revival in the second half of the century. Throughout his artistic practice, the human body was Chifflart's primary means of expressing ideas and emotion. Although the subject of this preparaotry drawing and the related painting is enigmatic, the despondent expression of the primary figure conveys a sense of tragedy.

The Flood, François-Nicolas Chifflart (French, Saint-Omer 1825–1901 Paris), Charcoal and graphite

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