In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet
- ISBN-10
- 0300138970
- ISBN-13
- 9780300138979
- Category
- Art, European
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- Sarah Kennel, Kimberly A. Jones, Simon R. Kelly
Description
More than 100 works by artists such as Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875), Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867), Jean-François Millet (1814-1875), Claude Monet (1840-1926), Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884), and Eugène Cuvelier (1837-1900) explore the French phenomenon of plein-air (open-air) painting and photography in the region of Fontainebleau, a pilgrimage site for aspiring landscape artists. The forest also inspired a new school of landscape photography, as figures such as Gustave Le Gray and Eugène Cuvelier, working side by side with painters, explored the camera's potential to reveal nature in a fresh and unadorned manner. The exhibition also includes 19th-century artists' equipment and tourist ephemera.
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