Jean Francois Raffaelli

Sous la Pluie (In The Rain)

Jean-Francois Raffaelli's original drypoint engraving, Sous la Pluie (In The Rain) was commissioned in 1909 by the Paris publisher, Henri Floury as a frontis-piece engraving for Arsene Alexandre's volume entitled, "Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Peintre, Graveur et Architecte". This original impression of Jean-Francois Raffaelli's "Sous la Pluie" is printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published by Henri Floury in 1909, Sous la Pluie is listed in Loys Delteil's Les Peintre-Graveur Illustre: Raffaelli, Volume XVI as Catalogue # 86., Second and final state. It is a fine original example of the engraved art created by the French artist, Jean-Francois Raffaelli.

Original Drypoint Engraving by the French artist, Jean Francois Raffaelli.

Sous la Pluie (In The Rain)

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Title:	Sous la Pluie (In The Rain)
Artist:	Raffaelli, Jean-Francois (Paris, 1850 - 1924)
Date:	1909
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving
Publisher:	Henri Floury, Paris
Note:	Jean-Francois Raffaelli: Of the many now famous artists associated with the movement of French Impressionism it can be stated that Jean-Francois Raffaelli was one of its finest etchers. After finishing his studies in the atelier of Gerome, Raffaelli began to exhibit his art at the Paris Salon in 1870. By 1880, Jean-Francois Raffaelli had become a leading member of the Salon des Independants, along with such other artists as Degas, Monet, Pisarro and Renoir.
	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". Another scholar wrote, "In quest of character, Jean-Francois Raffaelli was naturally drawn to the poor classes, who, being less artificial, less affected by the leveling tendencies of a complex social life, offered to the artist's keen observation an inexhaustible source of inspiration. Like Millet, he expressed the life of the poor in their attitudes. ... He is a wizard in characterizing surface appearances; a brilliant 'imagier', an exquisite illustrator; and as a drypoint artist the author of plates which will never cease to delight the connoisseur." * (F. L. Leipnik, A History of French Etching, London, John Lane, 1924, p. 183.)
Source:	Sous la Pluie (In The Rain) was commissioned in 1909 by the Paris publisher, Henri Floury, as a frontis-piece engraving for Arsene Alexandre's volume entitled, Jean-Francois Raffaelli, Peintre, Graveur et Architecte. It, like so many other Jean-Francois Raffaelli engravings, is a masterpiece of simplicity, spontaneity and composition.
Raisonne:	Loys Delteil, Les Peintre-Graveur Illustre: Raffaelli, Volume XVI, New York, Da Capo Press, 1969.
	Catalogue # 86. Second and final state.
Size:	3 X 4 5/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in Paris in 1909. A finely printed early impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original engraving entitled, Sous la Pluie (In The Rain) stands as a strong example of the famous French art of Jean-Francois Raffaelli.
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