Charles Negre
Charles Nègre (born May 9, 1820 in Grasse ; † January 16, 1880 there ) was a French painter and photography pioneer.
Nègre was a student of the painters Paul Delaroche , Ingres and Drolling. Delaroche recommended that he study photography as an aid to painting. As a photographer, his early, thoroughly composed snapshots of street life are remarkable; he continued the genre shots in the chimney sweep series with shots over the roofs of the city.
Nègre opened a studio on Île Saint-Louis in Paris . In 1854 and 1855 he took photographs of the Cathedral of Chartres on behalf of the French government, which were used for archaeological building documentation. He also went on a few study trips before retiring in Nice in 1861 and only taking portraits and views. Nègre died in his native Grasse in 1880.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martina Dobbe: Photography as a theoretical object. Image studies, media aesthetics, art history . Wilhelm Fink, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7705-4446-2 , p. 40
Web links
- The organ grinder exhibited in the Musée d'Orsay
literature
- Gerd Hit: Charles Nègre - painter and photography pioneer from Grasse.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nègre, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French painter and photography pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grasse |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1880 |
| Place of death | Grasse |