Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué
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Jean Pierre Philippe Lampué was born in Montréjeau in 1836 and died in Paris in 1924. He was a XIX century French photographer that worked for the "École of Beaux Arts of Paris".
Biography
Pierre Lampué studied at the Seminary of Polignan and in the School of Beautiful Arts in Toulouse. He could have travelled to Spain in 1864. In 1865, he stablished in Paris, rue Saint Jacques 237. He became official photographer of the École of Beaux Arts of Paris [1] and had the following responsibilities [2]:
- He became councillor of the 5th District of Paris in 1888.
- He gets elected as municipal councillor of Paris for the Val de Grace neighbourhood. In the council he belonged to the commission of "teaching and beautiful arts" in 1890
- He became part of the Honour Committee for the First International Exposition of Photography and Industry as councillor of Paris in 1892.
- Lampué was re-elected as councillor in 1893 and 1896 but lost in 1900 elections.
- He was member of the French society of Photography from 1873 to 1885.
- He was member of the Chamber of Labour Union of Photography.
Photography
Lampué participated in expositions by the French Society of Photography in 1876 and in 1882. He had his own photographic studio in rue Saint Jacques 237, in Paris until 1879. It was called "French-Spanish photography". This studio was later moved to the Boulevard Port Royal 72 in Paris [3] He developed some works to gather the architecture of Paris like the album "Façades de Maisons, Villas et Hôtels á Paris". He finishes his photographic activities in 1890.
Artwork holders
Holders of photographs by Pierre Lampué [4]:
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Rikjsmuseum Ámsterdam
- Snite Museum of Art
Apart from this, the national archives of France received in 1879 21 heliographic planches of the most important monuments in Paris by Lampué.
Exhibitions
- Onzienme Exposition de la Société Nacional de Photographie en 1876. Palais de la Industrie.
- Exposition Universelle 1878
External Links
- Musée d'Orsay
- Institut de France
- Pictures by Lampué (Look for Lampué)