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Vue prise du Couvent des Dominicains, Chalais (Isère), France
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About this work
Félix Thiollier brought to landscape photography the emotional power and mystery of the Barbizon and naturalist painters whom he collected and befriended. This dramatic view provides a deep vista more commonly found in photographs of the Western United States at the time. Underlying it, however, are a geometric structure of overlapping triangles, curved top border, and atmospheric clouds and mist that relate directly to precedents in painting.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVue prise du Couvent des Dominicains, Chalais (Isère), France, c. 1865. Félix Thiollier (French, 1842–1914). Albumen print from collodion negative; image: 13.1 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); paper: 13.1 x 20 cm (5 3/16 x 7 7/8 in.); mounted: 31.7 x 49.1 cm (12 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2022.36
