Engraving Notre-Dame Bridge in Paris - Caroline Armington

The Pont Notre-Dame is a very old stone bridge that crosses the Seine between the right bank and the island of the Cité where you can see the silhouettes of the Conciergerie and the Palais de Justice. This view of Paris illustrates this pleasant and simply poetic art where the gaze drawn by the tree...

The Pont Notre-Dame is a very old stone bridge that crosses the Seine between the right bank and the island of the Cité where you can see the silhouettes of the Conciergerie and the Palais de Justice. This view of Paris illustrates this pleasant and simply poetic art where the gaze drawn by the tree in the foreground is carried along the Seine towards these architectures that we all know.

Caroline Armington is of Canadian origin but she practiced her engraving art mainly in Paris from 1900. With her husband Frank, himself a painter and engraver, they trained at the Julian Academy and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Their artistic career was closely linked and essentially based in France, although they made many trips (Netherlands, Germany, England, Italy, Algeria). The Armingtons took a look at the landscapes, cities and monuments as a tourist attraction. Their interpretation is poetic, simple and harmonious to the taste of travellers of all times. Caroline likes firm lines and precise details.
700 etchings, drypoints, lithographs and paintings were added to the collections of many European and American museums, as their art was very popular.