La Ferme a l'aire l'apres-midi 1926

Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac made this etching, La Ferme a l'aire l'apres-midi, which translates as The Farm in the Area in the Afternoon, with delicate lines that capture a landscape scene. Imagine the artist outside, squinting as they observe the trees and buildings, etching them into a copper plate. I wonder, was he trying to show the effects of the weather by using so many lines? The whole image is built out of multiple etched lines. The artist worked from dark to light to create this rural landscape. It's interesting to observe his process: the chaotic tangle of hatch marks resolving into legible form. The trees rustle in the breeze. And, because of the printing process, it makes me wonder what the matrix of this picture looks like—that is, the copper plate that holds all of this information. A beautiful, serene image, like a Corot, made with a very different technique. How do two very different processes intersect to produce a similar feeling?