Author: Jones, Kimberly and Simon Kelly, Sarah Kennel and Helga Aurisch
Title: In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet
Description: Washington, DC /Houston, National Gallery of Art / Museum of Fine Arts, 2008. Hardbound. Grey cloth boards with gray lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, ix, 207 pp. profusely illustrated with 179 color and countless bw plates. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the National Gallery in Washington, DC. The Forest of Fontainebleau, located about 50 miles southeast of Paris, held a singular place in 19th-century art. Variously called "savage," "wild," "romantic," and "beautiful" by visitors, Fontainebleau's topography was viewed in many ways that reflected the sensibilities of the time. This is the first English-language publication to examine the significance of the region to the plein-air tradition in France. The book highlights four pivotal figures in the evolution of landscape painting: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, The;odore Rousseau, Jean-François Millet, and Claude Monet. It integrates into this history the photographers who worked at Fontainebleau, including Eugène Cuvelier and Gustave Le Gray, and explores the role the forest played in the development of early photography. It also considers the reception of paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salons and the influence of Fontainebleau on the advent of Impressionism. Contents as follows: Lenders to the Exhibition -- Map of Fontainebleau -- Landscapes, Legends, Souvenirs, Fantasies: The Forest of Fontainebleau in the Nineteenth Century / Kimberly Jones -- Plates -- Discovery -- Topography -- Trees -- Rocks -- Village Life -- Nature and Observation -- Mystery of the Forest: Paintings of Fontainebleau at the Salon / Simon Kelly -- Infinite Museum: Photography in the Forest of Fontainebleau / Sarah Kennel -- Impressionists at Fontainebleau / Helga Aurisch. VG/VG as new .

Keywords: European Art ; French Landscapes ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art


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