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Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)

Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)

c. 1874
(French, 1827–1888)
France, 19th century
albumen print, coated, from wet collodion negative
Image: 17.2 x 23.7 cm (6 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1988.167
Location: not on view

Description

Little is known about this gifted photographer who produced photographic studies of the landscape and rural motifs during the 1860s and 1870s. This image depicts a lovely wooded landscape scene flooded with sparkling sunlight and rich shadows. Of all the landscape photographers active in the 1870s, Famin produced the closest equivalent of impressionism in his work.
  • Paul Cava, Philadelphia, PA
    ?-1989
    (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc.), New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    June 29, 1989-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 152
  • France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).
    Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 26-June 16, 2005).
    The Camera. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-August 19, 1990).
    Photographs: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Gallery D (March 17-May 14, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)|url=false|author=Constant Alexandre Famin|year=c. 1874|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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