Switzerland. Grindelwald, Upper Glacier, Source of the Lutschine
Medium
Carbon print, toned, from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 38.7 × 48.3 cm · framed: 59.1 × 74.3 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1992.237
Tags
About this artwork
Braun's photographs often bore a stylistic resemblance to realist painting in France. Photography was an important factor in the evolution of realism, a style that was then gaining popularity. With its forthright depiction of natural forces, this photograph of a river springing from a glacier clearly recalls landscape paintings by Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). Courbet's numerous river scenes were contemporary with Braun's work and were part of the aesthetic context of the time.