Switzerland. Grindelwald, Upper Glacier, Source of the Lutschine
Medium
Carbon print, toned, from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 38.7 × 48.3 cm · framed: 59.1 × 74.3 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
Accession Number
1992.237
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About this artwork
Braun's photographs often bore a stylistic resemblance to realist painting in France. Photography was an important factor in the evolution of realism, a style that was then gaining popularity. With its forthright depiction of natural forces, this photograph of a river springing from a glacier clearly recalls landscape paintings by Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). Courbet's numerous river scenes were contemporary with Braun's work and were part of the aesthetic context of the time.