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Maneuvers, Camp de Châlons
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| Artist / Maker | Gustave Le Gray |
|---|---|
| Date | 1857 |
| Culture / Origin | France |
| Medium | Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Châlons" |
| Dimensions | Image/paper: 27.1 × 36.1 cm (10 11/16 × 14 1/4 in.); Album page: 52.7 × 63.7 cm (20 3/4 × 25 1/8 in.) |
| Department | Photography and Media |
| Type | Photograph |
About the Artist
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820-1884 A master both technically and aesthetically, Gustave Le Gray (born in Villiers-le-Bel) was one of the most important figures in 19th-century French photography, bringing to the medium artistic integrity and visual imagination. Le Gray, trained as a painter, was exhibiting his work in the Paris Salons in the late 1840s and early 1850s when he became interested in photography. Along with Henri Le Secq and Charles Nègre, he was a student of Paul Delaroche, a… Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0 / Public Domain.
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