Untitled (Happy Valley Cemetery, Hong Kong)
1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1870
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a quiet hillside cemetery in Hong Kong, dotted with small white tombs under a pale sky. Floyd painted this while running the biggest photo studio in the Far East. He wasn’t just taking pictures—he was making art with brushes too. The soft light and careful shadows feel almost like a photograph. If you like how light plays on stone, look up *chiaroscuro*.
