Antoine Lumière
Claude Antoine Lumière (born March 13, 1840 in Ormoy , Haute-Saône department , † April 15, 1911 in Paris ) was a French photographer and father of the Lumière brothers .
Life
In 1860, Antoine Lumière started his own business in Besançon . His two sons Auguste (1862–1954) and Louis (1864–1948) were born there. In 1870 the family moved to Lyon . There Lumière built up an industrial production of photographic plates. The company was taken over by his sons in 1893. In 1894 the company employed 300 workers, had a capital of 3 million francs and produced 15 million records a year.
literature
- Guy Borgé, Marjorie Borgé: Les Lumière. Antoine, Auguste, Louis et les autres: l'invention du cinéma, les autochromes . Préface de Jacques Trarieux-Lumière. Lyon: ELAH, Éd. lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 2004.
- Jacques Rittaud-Hutinet: Antoine, Auguste et Louis Lumière . Lyon: Lugd, 1994.
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SURNAME | Lumière, Antoine |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lumière, Claude Antoine (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1840 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ormoy (Haute-Saône) |
DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 1911 |
Place of death | Paris |