Sujet
Courtyard with Painters, late 1860s. Creator: Unidentified Photographer.
Légende
Courtyard with Painters, late 1860s. This photographer inventively expanded the medium to create a rare example of both early genre (everyday life) photography and documentation of artists at work. The collodion negative captured a wealth of detail. The French village courtyard bustles with activity-the artist in the foreground hugs a squirming child and chats with his wife; a group of peasant women in the background heave huge bundles of laundry about in carts and baskets; and an innkeeper poses proudly for the camera outside his ivy-covered establishment. The diagonals of the sloping roofs and the textures of tiles, wood, and stone enhance the composition's visual interest. A luminous glow, absorbed by open canvas umbrellas, pervades the center of the scene.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F76_320
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
52,9Mo (3,5Mo) / 42,3cm x 31,3cm / 5000 x 3695 (300dpi)