Varin, Raoul
Raoul Varin (1865 - 1943) was a French watercolorist active in Europe and the North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Varin exhibited in the Salon of French Artists and received an honorable mention in 1892. He is most famous for his historic Chicago aquatint views, of which he produced some 31 between 1926 and 1932. The collection included historic views drawn from early sources as current views of Chicago as Raoul saw it. Some were engraved by Ernest Byfield, who was the initial publisher of the series. Later, after Byfield went bankrupt, publication was taken over by A. Ackermann and Son's Chicago office. Buoyed by the success of his Chicago series, Varin went on to produce a series of 'Old New York', images, but these did not attain the same level of popularity.
A beautiful view of a church that burned during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.
Chicago in 1857. View from the Court House looking South West.
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This is a 1930 Raoul Varin aquatint view of the First Baptist Church at the corner of Washington and South LaSalle Streets in Chicago, Illinois, as it appeared in 1857. The view looks southwest over Chicago from the top of the courthouse. The First Baptist Church dominates the foreground, while individual buildings and trees line South LaSalle Street. Ship masts are visible along the Chicago River. Both the courthouse and the First Baptist Church burned during the Great Chicago Fire of October 8-10, 1871. (more details)
One of the Grandest Structures of Pre-Fire Chicago.
N.W. Corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets, Chicago, Showing the Post Office Building in the Year 1865.
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A 1927 Raoul Varin aquatint view of the Post Office and Customs House, formerly on the northwest corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets in Downtown Chicago. It depicts the building and its surroundings in 1865, before being destroyed in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. (more details)