Cleveland
1842
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Louis-Auguste Bisson
Louis-Auguste Bisson was a 19th-century French photographer.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Cleveland is a 1842 by Louis-Auguste Bisson, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a dark bay English stallion named Cleveland. The artist used a new technique at the time, which made it possible to take photos quickly. This was a big deal because it used to take 15 minutes to take one photo. Check out the technique of sfumato to learn more about how artists like Louis-Auguste Bisson created soft, hazy effects in their work.
Louis-Auguste Bisson's Cleveland is an outstanding example of the artistry of the French daguerreotype, aided by recent technical advances at the time. Between 1839 and 1841, for example, exposure times had been reduced from 15 minutes to one or two minutes. This descriptive portrait of the famous dark bay English stallion named Cleveland is a rare example of the small group of daguerreotypes of horses made by Bisson, who launched the 19th-century tradition of horse portrait photography. The profile pose allowed the photographer to document the anatomical details of the horse, its…
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Louis-Auguste Bisson was a 19th-century French photographer.
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