Study of a Birch Tree, Barbizon

1860s-1870s

albumen print from wet collodion negative

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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

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.

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