id:			165743
accession number:	2008.112
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2008.112
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:06.406000

Farmyard, 1862. Eugène Cuvelier (French, 1837–1900). Salted paper print from a paper negative; image: 25.8 x 19.6 cm (10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); paper: 51.9 x 42.4 cm (20 7/16 x 16 11/16 in.); matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.); image with black margin: 27.8 x 21.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2008.112

title:				Farmyard
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creation date:			1862
creation date earliest:		1862
creation date latest:		1862
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	Salted paper print from a paper negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - French 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Eugène Cuvelier (French, 1837–1900)  - artist
Eugène Cuvelier French, 1837 - 1900

A painter and photographer in Arras, Eugène Cuvelier focused on the natural landscape of Fontainebleau and its environs. His father, Adalbert, who also painted and photographed, taught Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot the process of cliché-verre, an early printmaking process based on sensitivity to light. The works of the father and son are often difficult to distinguish.
	Eugène expanded the link between photography and painting, producing a substantial series of calotypes of natural subjects in the style of the Barbizon School. A member of the Société française de photographie, he continued to use paper negatives at a late date, preferring their soft aesthetic result that suggested painting. The Cuveliers were also members of the Barbizon artistic community: At the wedding of Eugène to Louise Ganne, daughter of the celebrated innkeeper, Jean-François Millet and Théodore Rousseau took on the task of decoration and Corot served as best man. Today, Cuvelier's works are treasured for their direct portrayal of nature and the delicacy with which photography was adapted to the task. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 25.8 x 19.6 cm (10 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.); Paper: 51.9 x 42.4 cm (20 7/16 x 16 11/16 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.); Image with black margin: 27.8 x 21.6 cm (10 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in red pencil lower right corner of recto: "Barbizon-1862"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		France at the Dawn of Photography
	opening date:   2009-10-04T00:00:00
	<i>France at the Dawn of Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4, 2009-January 24, 2010).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/04/2009 - 01/24/2010); "France at the Dawn of Photography"', 'opening_date': '2009-10-04T00:00:00'}

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