Alpine Landscape
Artist
Adolphe Braun
(French, 1811-1877)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1860
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 3/4 × 10 1/4 in. (19.7 × 26 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 1/16 × 20 in. (40.8 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedIllegible pencil marks at bottom on verso.
Credit LineMuseum purchase and partial gift of Alice R. Frank
Object number93.20
Not on view
Label TextAdolphe Braun
French, 1812–1877
Alpine Landscape, ca. 1860
Albumen print (photograph)
As a textile designer, Adolphe Braun began photographing flowers and still lifes in 1853 to help him create patterns for fabric. When he turned to landscape photography, he remained sensitive to texture, contrast, and composition, as seen in this alpine view. Notice how the raking light from the low sun causes each blade of grass and rock to shimmer while the faraway mountains fade into the haze. The figure lounging on the hillside offers a sense of the scene’s grand scale and models the leisure that viewers were meant to enjoy.
Museum purchase and partial gift of Alice R. Frank 93.20
Exhibition History"A History of Photography: 15 Years of Photography at the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA; September 11, 1993-March 6, 1994.
"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001.
"New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.
