Gust of Wind on the Poplars
Cleveland Museum of Art

Gust of Wind on the Poplars

Auguste Allongé (French, 1833–1898) · c. 1873–80

charcoal on wove paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Auguste Allongé was known for the complex charcoal techniques used in this drawing, and in fact derived a large part of his fame from <em>Le Fusain</em>, a manual for drawing with charcoal published in 1873 and translated into several languages over the following decade.

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