Charles-Louis Michelez

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Charles-Louis Michelez (* 1817 in Paris ; † May 21, 1894 in Paris) was a French photographer and lithographer .

biography

He was born in Paris, the son of Charles Louis and Félicité Michelez née Morin. He was married to Alicia Roux.

Charles-Louis Michelez published the world's first photo of a model train , the train of the imperial prince .

He specialized in photographing art objects. In 1861, during the National Art Show and Exhibition, he exhibited a series of photos of Gustave Doré's original drawings for The Inferno in the photo room of the Academic Salon . Among other things, he published five photographs of the Paris World Exhibition in 1867 ( French : Exposition Universelle ).

From 1874 to 1884 he ran a photo studio in Paris , on Rue Neuves des Petits Champs.

Works (selection)

Web links

Commons : Charles-Louis Michelez  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Visionneuse - Archives de Paris. City of Paris, page 29 in scan, file 1045, 6 Arrondisment , accessed on October 13, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ Anne-Marie Garcia: La Photography avec les arts: Histoire d'une collection . Beaux-Arts de Paris Éditions, 2017, ISBN 978-2-84056-539-0 ( google.de [accessed on October 13, 2019]).
  3. ↑ a b c Finding Aid for the Exposition Universelle de Paris 1867 album. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Dr Keri Yousif: Balzac, Grandville, and the Rise of Book Illustration . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., May 28, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4094-7935-2 , p. 197.
  5. ^ Hippolyte (1817-1887) Peintre Lazerges, Charles-Louis (1817-18) Photographe Michelez: Sa Majesté l'Empereur distribuant des secours aux inondés de Lyon: [photographie]. 1857, accessed October 13, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Michelez, Charles-Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French pioneer of photography
DATE OF BIRTH 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1894
Place of death Paris