Paul Marcellin Berthier

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Paul Marcellin Berthier (born July 8, 1822 in Paris ; † 1912 there ) was a French painter and photographer with a studio in Paris.

Paul Marcellin Berthier, nude, 1865

He was a member of the Société française de photographie from 1857. The focus of his work is portraits, archeology, but above all landscapes, including views of the Alps , Italy , Switzerland , and the recording of the eruption of Mount Etna (1865).

Works

  • Etna after eruption (Museum of Modern Art, inv. No.), 1865, 29.2 × 39 cm, albumen print

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Individual evidence

  1. Michael Köhler, Gisela Barche: The nude photo - aesthetics, history, ideology . Bucher, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7658-0675-7 , p. 404