Monday Morning Museum: Adolphe Braun

Adolphe Braun, circa 1860

Adolphe Braun – Saturday 13 June 1812 Besançon, France to Monday 31 December 1877 Dornach, France

French Photographer

Flower Study, Rose of Sharon, circa 1854

“Perhaps stirred by a gentle breeze during the long exposure, several of the blossoms (roses of Sharon and common roses) registered with a slight blurriness, making them appear almost to breathe and to reach beyond the dimensions of the photograph. Carefully arranged and photographed against a medium gray background, the petals, leaves, and stems are rendered with an exquisite clarity and tonal richness, masterfully recording their texture and fragility.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Thomas Crawford
Next Monday’s Artist – John Smibert

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Monday Morning Museum: Édouard-Denis Baldus

Self Portrait, 1853 by Edouard-Denis Baldus

Édouard-Denis Baldus – Saturday 5 June 1813 Grünebach, Prussia to Sunday 22 December 1889 Arcueil, France

French Photographer

Avignon, Pont St. Bénezet, circa 1864

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 21.1 x 28.5 cm (8 5/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Mount: 46 x 60.5 cm (18 1/8 x 23 13/16 in.)
Inscription: Printed in ink on mount, recto BL below image: "AVIGNON. PONT St BENEZET"; facsimile signature stamped in ink on mount, recto BR below image: "E. Baldus" – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Lewis Carroll
Next Monday’s Artist – Gustave Courbet

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Monday Morning Museum: Eugène Cuvelier

Eugène Cuvelier – 1837 Arras, France to 1900 Thomery, France

French Photographer

Fontainebleau Forest, circa 1860

“The Forest of Fontainebleau-and, in particular, the small town of Barbizon within it-was a popular destination for artists seeking refuge from urban, industrial life in the mid-nineteenth century. With its forty thousand acres of dense woods intercut with rocky gorges and dotted with ancient oaks, Fontainebleau provided an idyllic natural setting for plein-air painters, such as Corot and Millet, as well as for photographers, including Gustave Le Gray and Eugène Cuvelier.
Although the process of making salted paper prints from paper negatives was already somewhat antiquated by the 1860s, Cuvelier chose the technique because of its aesthetic qualities-the soft fibrous effect of the paper negative and the velvety mat surface of the print.” – Metropolitan Museum of Art

Last Monday’s Artist – Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino
Next Monday’s Artist – Horace Pippin

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Monday Morning Museum: Eugène Atget

Eugène Atget – Thursday 12 February 1857 Libourne, France to Thursday 4 August 1927 Paris, France

French Photographer

Although I have been to Versailles, I do not remember seeing this Atget image – Versailles, Bosquet de la Colonnade, date unknown – but I like the photograph because it is the type of shot I would take.



Last Monday’s Artist – Winslow Homer
Next Monday’s Artist – Francesco di Giorgio Martini


Images:
Left: Paris – 136 rue Amelot – Portail, 1907 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
Center: Shop Front Of Courone d'or Quai Bourbon, 1922 from the website metmuseum.org
Right: Pavillon at 20 Rue Jacob, 1910 from the website upload.wikimedia.org
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Monday Morning Museum: Charles Nègre

Charles Nègre – 1820 Grasse, France to 1880 Grasse, France

French Photographer

The primary reason that I like this photograph – Arles. Saint-Trophime, 1852 – is the composition of the print and how it draws me into the picture.




Last Monday’s Artist – Francesco Lazzaro Guardi
Next Monday’s Artist – Katsushika Hokusai

Images:
Left: Der Wald von Muy (Var), 1852 from the website images.zeno.org
Center: The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes, 1858-1859 from the website images.zeno.org
Right: Pinien an einem Strand bel Cannes, 1852 from the website images.zeno.org
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