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Untitled (Scene of Fontainebleau)

Untitled (Scene of Fontainebleau)

c. 1853
(French, 1801–1879)
France, 19th century
salted paper print from waxed paper negative
Image: 21.3 x 27.5 cm (8 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1996.9
Location: not on view

Description

Trained as a painter, Giroux was an active amateur photographer during the 1850s. His father manufactured equipment for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, the inventor of the first photographic process, the daguerreotype. In this early example of his appealing landscape work, Giroux focused on a scene in the Forest of Fontainbleau, a favorite locale for 19th-century French artists. Inspired by the compositions of paintings and lithographs, he carefully framed an engaging, asymmetrical arrangement of rocks, trees, and a primitive pathway. This brilliantly lit wooded environment projects a feeling of peace and harmony, order and balance.
  • ?-1996
    (Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, United Kingdom), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    March 4, 1996-
    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. 186
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
  • From Corot to Monet: Painters & Photographers in the Forest Fontainebleau. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (March 2-June 8, 2008).
    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).
    Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12, 2000-January 3, 2001).
    Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
    Mid 19th Century French Photography: A Scottish Photography Group Exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland (August 15-September 22, 1979).
  • {{cite web|title=Untitled (Scene of Fontainebleau)|url=false|author=André Giroux|year=c. 1853|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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