Near the Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau

1860s
Not on view
Having learned to make photographs from his father at a very young age, Cuvelier devoted himself fulltime to the depiction of nature, particularly at the forest of Fontainebleau, beginning in the 1860s. Ensconced in the artistic milieu of pre-Impressionist plein-air painters near the village of Barbizon, Cuvelier sought out untrodden paths, like this grove of trees and thick underbrush in the old-growth section of the forest. Only the photograph’s title reveals the proximity of the sun-dappled spot to the famous Bodmer Oak, immortalized in Claude Monet’s 1865 painting (MMA 64.210).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Near the Bodmer Oak, Fontainebleau
  • Artist: Eugène Cuvelier (French, 1837–1900)
  • Date: 1860s
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 15/16 × 13 7/16 in. (25.2 × 34.2 cm)
    Sheet: 18 11/16 × 23 1/8 in. (47.4 × 58.7 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joyce F. Menschel, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.348.1
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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