id: 154048
accession number: 1988.167
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Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau), c. 1874. Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1988.167
title: Untitled (The Forest of Fontainebleau)
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creation date: c. 1874
creation date earliest: 1869
creation date latest: 1879
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: France, 19th century
technique: albumen print, coated, from wet collodion negative
department: Photography
collection: Photography
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888) - artist
Charles Famin French, 1809 -?
The identity of Charles Famin is not entirely clear, although it is known he worked in a Paris studio. He has been confused with a painter of the same name, and his work shares similarities of subject and approach with his contemporary Achille Quinet. From his known body of work, however, it is clear that Famin produced a number of nature studies depicting both woodlands and rural scenes that featured animals or children. These were probably intended as artists' aids.
Famin, whose prints first appeared in 1863, was among the second generation of photographers to work in Fontainebleau and its environs. His images, although sometimes characterized as more sensitive and delicate than those of Quinet, often lack the inquisitive originality of Eugène Cuvelier and other pioneers in the Barbizon genre. Indeed, by the time of Famin, the forest was beginning to risk overdevelopment due to its popularization through tourism and art, with many areas, rock formations, and even individual trees known to the public by endearing, somewhat superficial names. Famin is also believed to have produced architectural photography in Paris and Bourges, as well as a set of recently discovered stereoviews. T.W.F.
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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Drawn with Light: Pioneering French Photography from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2005-02-26T00:00:00
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).
title: France at the Dawn of Photography
opening date: 2009-10-04T00:00:00
France at the Dawn of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Photographs: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, Gallery D (March 17-May 14, 1989).', 'opening_date': '1989-03-17T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'The Camera. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-August 19, 1990).', 'opening_date': '1990-07-10T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Paul Cava, Philadelphia, PA
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(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc.), New York, NY, sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1989
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: June 29, 1989-
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 152
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.167/1988.167_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.167/1988.167_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.167/1988.167_full.tif