Study of a Birch Tree, Barbizon
Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888)
1860s-1870s
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 25.9 × 18 cm · matted: 50.8 × 40.6 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1994.93
Tags
male
About this artwork
During his brief career in photography, Famin produced photographic studies of varied motifs, including figures, animals, and elements of landscape, from which young artists learned by copying and seasoned professionals borrowed for their studio compositions. Like an Impressionist painting, this isolated scene of impressive birch trees in the Barbizon forest is animated by a sparkling, dissolving light.