id: 159721 accession number: 1996.9 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.9 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:32.017000 Untitled (Scene of Fontainebleau), c. 1853. André Giroux (French, 1801–1879). 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1996.9 title: Untitled (Scene of Fontainebleau) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1853 creation date earliest: 1848 creation date latest: 1858 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: salted paper print from waxed paper negative department: Photography collection: PH - French 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * André Giroux (French, 1801–1879) - artist André Giroux French, 1801-1879 André Giroux was the son of Alphonse Giroux, cameramaker to Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and a painter of some note. A painter himself, André was equally adept at the calotype and the wet collodion on glass techniques, ultimately concentrating on glass negatives for his photography. His landscapes, which often include architectural and rural subjects, were known for their harmonious appearance, often achieved through substantial manipulation of the negatives. More than any other early French photographer, Giroux was interested in painterly effects. He relied on heavy retouching of his negatives, sometimes using India ink to produce a soft atmospheric quality. His landscapes recall etchings by artists of the Barbizon School, such as Charles-François Daubigny, Théodore Rousseau, or Camille Corot. A resident of the Académie français in Rome, Giroux was also named a chevalier in the Légion d'honneur in 1870. The prints he produced were unusually rich and complex in a way that was uncommon before the time of Robert Demachy. T.W.F. --- measurements: 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on recto: "55"; [a second mark is illegible] 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). title: Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection opening date: 2000-08-12T00:00:00 Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12, 2000-January 3, 2001). 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: From Corot to Monet: Painters & Photographers in the Forest Fontainebleau opening date: 2008-03-02T00:00:00 From Corot to Monet: Painters & Photographers in the Forest Fontainebleau. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (March 2-June 8, 2008). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Mid 19th Century French Photography: A Scottish Photography Group Exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland (August 15-September 22, 1979).', 'opening_date': '1979-08-15T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Robert Hershkowitz, Ltd., Sussex, United Kingdom), sold to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: ?-1996 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 1996- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 186 url: Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.9/1996.9_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.9/1996.9_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.9/1996.9_full.tif