[Trees and Waterfalls]
1860–65
![[Trees and Waterfalls] by Charles Nègre](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/trees-and-waterfalls-285852.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 13.3 x 10; Mount: 18.9 x 15.6
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.832
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Trees and Waterfalls** by Charles Nègre, created between 1860 and 1865, captures the sublime beauty of nature through the lens of one of France's pioneering photographers. Nègre, originally trained as a painter in the Romantic tradition, transitioned to photography in the 1840s, becoming renowned for his poetic landscapes and architectural studies. This albumen silver print from a glass negative exemplifies the mid-19th-century shift toward photography as a fine art, blending technical precision with artistic vision. The medium—albumen prints—revolutionized photography with their warm tones...
About the Artist
Charles Nègre · 1820–1880
Charles Nègre (1820–1880) was a French painter and photographer who became one of the most innovative practitioners of early photography. Born in Grasse in the south of France, he trained as a painter in Paris under Paul Delaroche, Michel Martin Drolling, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres at the École des Beaux-Arts. He initially took up the calotype and later the collodion process as aids to his ...