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Puy le Dome - France
189219th century
13 in. x 18 in. (33.02 cm x 45.72 cm)
Joseph Pennell, American, (ca. 1860–1926)
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
pen and ink on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Ian and Deane Barbour
Accession Number:
2000.002
Joseph Pennell was a close friend of Whistler. He and his wife, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, wrote several books about Whistler and his art. A printmaker and draughtsman, Pennell not only made prints as independent artworks, but also created illustrations for books and magazines. Pennell wrote, "You should be prouder to illustrate the greatest magazines of the world, thus appealing to millions of readers, than to have your drawings buried in the portfolios of a few hundred collectors."
"Puy le Dome - France" was created for a magazine illustration in 1892. Puy le Dome is an area in central France that takes its name from a volcano which was formerly a site of pilgrimage. While Whistler looked down on illustration as a secondary art, Pennell felt strongly about its merits. In his book, "Adventures of an Illustrator" (1925), he wrote, "I believed, as I do now, that illustration is a most serious, a most important form of art...Really, though, all art is illustration and always has been from the beginning of time." - Spencer Wigmore '11
"Puy le Dome - France" was created for a magazine illustration in 1892. Puy le Dome is an area in central France that takes its name from a volcano which was formerly a site of pilgrimage. While Whistler looked down on illustration as a secondary art, Pennell felt strongly about its merits. In his book, "Adventures of an Illustrator" (1925), he wrote, "I believed, as I do now, that illustration is a most serious, a most important form of art...Really, though, all art is illustration and always has been from the beginning of time." - Spencer Wigmore '11
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19th Century,
American*,
drawing (image-making)*,
drawings (visual works)*,
ink*,
paper (fiber product)*,
pen-and-wash drawings*,
pens (drawing and writing)*
- 19th Century
- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- drawing (image-making) - Producing visible forms primarily by delineation, usually by the direct application of material or instrument to the surface of the support.
- drawings (visual works) - Visual works produced by drawing, which is the application of lines on a surface, often paper, by using a pencil, pen, chalk, or some other tracing instrument to focus on the delineation of form rather than the application of color. This term is often defined broadly to refer to computer-generated images as well.
- ink - A fluid medium used for drawings or tracings. An opaque, usually black, pigment is mixed with a vehicle such as water to produce a fluid which can be applied with a pen or stylus. Through the end of the 19th century, ink was supplied dried in stick or block form which was ground and mixed with water as needed. At the beginning of this century prepared ink became popular.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- pen-and-wash drawings - Drawings made using a pen, then embellished with transparent washes of ink or watercolor to create an atmospheric effect.
- pens (drawing and writing) - Hand-held instruments for writing or drawing with a colored fluid such as ink. A pen generally comprises a handle or holder and a pointed tip for distributing the fluid on the drawing surface. The term may also refer to an instrument for machine-controlled writing or drawing with ink.
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