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Plant Study
by Eugène Blery
About the Artwork
In addition to his landscapes, Bléry also produced closely focused botanical studies gracefully composed with an acute realization of species. Although he did not work alongside the artists of the Barbizon school, Bléry’s plant portraits are related to the aesthetic of Barbizon naturalism.
Inscriptions
signed, lower left, in graphite: collection [illegible] / 27 [illegible] 1957 E. Bléry ; by artist, lower right, in graphite: [illegible]
Exhibition history
The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989). Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Eugene Bléry (French, 1805–1886)
- Date
- 1857
- Medium
- graphite
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 41.7 x 30.6 cm (16 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Accession no.
- 1988.148
Provenance
[Richard Reed Armstrong Fine Art, Chicago]
More by Eugène Blery in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00011440
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