E. L. Trouvelot on Mythopoetic
Etienne Leopold Trouvelot on Mythopoetic

Etienne Leopold Trouvelot

Guyencourt, France

Working with a telescope outfitted with an etched-glass grid in the eyepiece, Trouvelot made sketches on gridded paper that became the basis for stunning pastels.

 

He published fifteen of these as chromolithographs in The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual. In its introduction, the artist characterized photography as an aid at best, and one with serious limitations, often producing astronomical images “so blurred and indistinct that no details of any great value can be secured.”

 

His renderings of the lunar Mare Humorum and a total solar eclipse show that he strove not merely to make detailed records for astronomers, but also to capture the sublimity of celestial bodies.

Astronomical illustration vintage poster of a Part of the Milky Way drawn by Etienne Trouvelot with poster hangerDetail of the astronomical illustration vintage poster of a Part of the Milky Way drawn by Etienne Trouvelot
Part of the Milky Way
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Vintage poster with poster hanger of the astronomical drawing of Etienne Trouvelot of the Planet MarsDetail of vintage poster of the astronomical drawing of Etienne Trouvelot of the Planet Mars
The Planet Mars
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Vintage poster with poster hanger in oak of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration of Aurora BorealisClose-up of vintage poster of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration drawing of Aurora Borealis or northern lights
Aurora Borealis
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Vintage poster of the astronomical drawing of the planet Jupiter by Etienne Trouvelot with poster-hangerDetail of the vintage poster of the astronomical drawing of the planet Jupiter by Etienne Trouvelot
The Planet Jupiter
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Vintage poster of Etienne Trouvelot's astronomical drawing of a partial eclipse of the moon with poster hangerDetail of the vintage poster of Etienne Trouvelot's astronomical drawing of a partial eclipse of the moon
Partial Eclipse of the Moon
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Vintage poster with poster hanger in oak of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration of a star clusterClose-up of vintage poster of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration of a star cluster
Star cluster in Hercules
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The November Meteors
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Vintage poster with solid oak poster hanger of the illustration The Planet Saturn drawing by Etienne TrouvelotDetail from vintage poster of the illustration The Planet Saturn drawing by Etienne Trouvelot
The Planet Saturn
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Vintage poster with poster hanger made out of solid oak of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration of solar protuberancesClose-up of vintage poster of Etienne Trouvelot's illustration of solar protuberances
Solar Protuberances
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