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Gustave Le Gray — Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau
Gustave Le Gray

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau

1856

Le Gray's forest study exemplifies the Barbizon school's influence on early photography, using the albumen process to achieve painterly effects in natural landscape documentation.

Medium
Albumen print

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Gustave Le Gray, Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1856

Le Gray's forest study exemplifies the Barbizon school's influence on early photography, using the albumen process to achieve painterly effects in natural landscape documentation.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1856
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, French, Tree, Albumen Print, Serene, Photograph, Landscape, Nature, Romantic

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art