Bas-Bréau, Forest of Fontainebleau

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Artist/Maker	Le Gray, Gustave (photographer)
Place of origin	Fontainebleau (photographed)

Gustave Le Gray trained as a painter in the 1840s but took up photography soon after. He followed the Barbizon School painters to the French forest of Fontainebleau, where he made enchanting photographic studies. Combining technical knowledge with artistic flair, Le Gray rapidly became one of the most renowned photographers of his day.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Titles	Bas-Bréau, Forest of Fontainebleau (assigned by artist) In the Forst of Fontainebleau (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gold-toned albumen print from waxed paper negative. Photographic Paper Albumen Waxed Toned
Brief description	Photograph by Gustave Le Gray, 'Bas-Bréau, Forest of Fontainebleau', 1851, printed c.1855, albumen print
Physical description	Gold-toned albumen print photograph of the Forest of Fontainbleau. A clearing is depicted with wild flowers and a narrow path leading through the trees. The woodland becomes darker and thicker on either side of the path. A facsimilie signiature of the artist in red ink appears in the bottom right hand corner of the print.
Dimensions	Height: 300mm Width: 380mm
Credit line	Chauncey Hare Townshend Bequest 1868
Place depicted	Forest of Fontainebleau
Summary	Gustave Le Gray trained as a painter in the 1840s but took up photography soon after. He followed the Barbizon School painters to the French forest of Fontainebleau, where he made enchanting photographic studies. Combining technical knowledge with artistic flair, Le Gray rapidly became one of the most renowned photographers of his day.
Bibliographic references	Coe, Brian & Haworth-Booth, Mark. A Guide to Early Photographic Printing Processes. London: The Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Hurtwood Press, 1983. p. 312 Storie dell'Impressionismo : I grandi protagonisti da Monet a Renoir da Van Gogh a Gauguin / a cura di Marco Goldin. Treviso : Linea d'ombra, [2016] 9788889902349
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	68007

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Record created	August 19, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102519/bas-bréau-forest-of-fontainebleau-photograph-le-gray-gustave/

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