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Gustave Le Gray: An Effect of the Sun, Normandy  wikidata:Q60757406 reasonator:Q60757406
Artist
Gustave Le Gray  (1820–1884)  wikidata:Q982549
 
Gustave Le Gray
Alternative names
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Le Gray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Le Gray; J. B. Gustave Le Gray; Gustave Legray; Jean Baptiste Gustave Legray; Gustave le Gray; Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray
Description French photographer and painter
Date of birth/death 30 August 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 30 July 1884
Location of birth/death Villiers-le-Bel near Paris, France Cairo
Work period 1860 Edit this at Wikidata–1884 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q982549
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Title
English: An Effect of the Sun, Normandy
Object type photograph Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Exploring the dramatic effects of sunlight, clouds, and water, Gustave Le Gray gained immediate recognition for his landmark photographs of the Mediterranean Sea and the English Channel taken between 1856 and 1858. At this time photographic emulsions were not equally sensitive to all colors of the spectrum, making it impossible to achieve a proper exposure for both sea and sky in a single image. Thus, for may of his seascapes Le Gray printed two negatives on a single sheet of paper, a technique called combination printing. One negative was taken of the water and the other of the sky. The overlap often apparent in such multiple negative images is not visible in this skillfully executed print.
Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
Medium Albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions Image: 32 x 41.8 cm (12 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 71.1 cm (22 x 28 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q657415
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Accession number
1987.54
Place of creation France, 19th century
Credit line Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
References
Source/Photographer https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.54

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