Forest of Fontainebleau
Forest of Fontainebleau

Currently not on view

Forest of Fontainebleau,

ca. 1860

Eugène Cuvelier, French, 1837–1900
x1985-38
A gentleman photographer who seldom exhibited and never published or sold his work, Eugène Cuvelier was nevertheless a prominent figure among the artists working in the Fontainebleau Forest. Corot introduced Cuvelier to Rousseau, Millet, and other artists of the Barbizon School, all of whom not only experimented with Cuvelier's cliché-verre techniques but also collected photographs to be used as source material for their paintings. In turn, the elder painter's naturalism exerted a profound influence on images Cuvelier made in the Fontainebleau Forest and throughout the Barbizon village.

Information

Title
Forest of Fontainebleau
Dates

ca. 1860

Maker
Eugène Cuvelier
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
image: 25.8 x 34.1 cm. (10 3/16 x 13 7/16 in.) board: 32.4 × 46.6 cm (12 3/4 × 18 3/8 in.) frame: 56.8 × 67 × 2.4 cm (22 3/8 × 26 3/8 × 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Mr. C. David Robinson, Class of 1957, and Mrs. C. David Robinson
Object Number
x1985-38
Place Depicted

Europe, France, Fontainebleau Forest

Marks/Labels/Seals
Numbered in negative, lower right corner: 281
Culture
French
Type
albumen prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
trees, grass, landscapes (representations), forests

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