id: 159071 accession number: 1995.27 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.27 updated: 2023-03-15 15:46:23.204000 Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees, c. 1855. Jean-Jacques Heilmann (French, 1822–1859). Salted paper print from wet collodion negative; image: 25.8 x 19.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1995.27 title: Gorge at Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1855 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1858 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: salted paper print from wet collodion negative department: Photography collection: PH - French 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Jean-Jacques Heilmann (French, 1822–1859) - artist Jean-Jacques Heilmann French, 1822-1859 Originally from Mulhouse, J. J. Heilmann made his living as a photographer, publisher, and printer in Pau, a town in southern France near the northern border of the Pyrenees. Most of his work was produced between 1852-57. Using rapid collodion plates perfected by Adolphe Bertsch and Farnham Maxwell Lyte, Heilmann also made calotypes and ivory types of considerable sophistication. In 1853 he developed a mechanism for enlarging negatives. Heilmann frequently photographed the landscape of the Pyrenees, although he also did portraits, urban scenes, and photographic reproductions of paintings of Alsace and Pau. His images often resemble those of Lyte and John Stewart, British photographers whose scenes of man and nature were produced in the Pyrenees during the same era. Heilmann's photographs, however, have a more defined composition. His use of figures, animals, vehicles, and natural elements reveals an interest in depicting civilized man in a primitive setting. A founding member of the Société française de photographie, Heilmann was also affiliated with the Photographic Club of Great Britain. He exhibited his work at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris. T.W.F. --- measurements: Image: 25.8 x 19.7 cm (10 3/16 x 7 3/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on recto of mount: "À Mon Ami Nicola / JJH"; "Nouvelle Route des Eaux Chaudes" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Dec. 18, 1980 - Feb. 15, 1981: "After Daguerre: Masterworks of French Photography (1848-1900) from the Bibliothèque Nationale." Marbot, Bernard. After Daguerre: Masterworks of French Photography (1848-1900) from the Bibliothèque Nationale (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981). no. 76. * CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art." --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Little is known of the life and career of J. J. Heilmann. He was fascinated by the subject of civilized human life in the context of the primitive world. In this instance, the monumental stone bridge with a few tiny figures insert a human presence into what would otherwise be an overpowering natural setting. The arched structure is not only a reminder of the human ambition to compete with nature, it also blends in with the surrounding stone cliffs, suggesting a harmonious relationship. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 194 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.27/1995.27_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.27/1995.27_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.27/1995.27_full.tif