Banks of the Furens (Rives du Furens), from the album Sites de la Loire
Banks of the Furens (Rives du Furens), from the album Sites de la Loire

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Banks of the Furens (Rives du Furens), from the album Sites de la Loire,

1860–65

Felix Thiollier, French, 1842–1914
1997-77
A successful ribbon manufacturer from the city of Saint-Étienne, Thiollier retired at the age of thirty-five to pursue his interest in art collecting, archeology, and photography. Thiollier's photographs of the landscape and industrial scenes of the Loire Valley are suffused with soft light and atmospheric tonalities reminiscent of the paintings of Corot, an artist he much admired.

Information

Title
Banks of the Furens (Rives du Furens), from the album Sites de la Loire
Dates

1860–65

Maker
Felix Thiollier
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
19.4 × 15.8 cm (7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.) mount: 49.1 x 31.9 cm (19 5/16 x 12 9/16 in.) frame: 56.5 × 46.4 × 2.4 cm (22 1/4 × 18 1/4 × 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the Florence Gould Foundation
Object Number
1997-77
Place Depicted

Europe, France, Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny

Inscription
Titled in graphite in unknown hand on mount, lower left: Rives du Furens Inscribed in graphite in unknown hand on mount, lower right: 33
Culture
French
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
landscapes (representations), trees, rivers

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