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Study of a Birch Tree, Barbizon
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStudy of a Birch Tree, Barbizon, 1860s-1870s. Constant Alexandre Famin (French, 1827–1888). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 25.9 x 18 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1994.93
