Gustave Le Gray | |
|---|---|
 Gustave Le Gray, Self-portrait, late 1850s | |
| Born | 30 August 1820 Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 30 July 1884 (aged 63) Cairo, Egypt |
| Known for | Painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, photographer |
| Notable work | Developed a number of photographic techniques |
| Spouse |
Palmira Maddalena Gertrude Leonardi
(m. 1844) |
| Children | 7 |
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ɡystav lə gʁɛ]; 30 August 1820 – 30 July 1884)[1] was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer. He has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations, his instruction of other noted photographers, and "the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making."[2] He was an important contributor to the development of the wax paper negative.
- ^ Le Corre, Florence. Gustave Le Gray, a poet with a passion for excellence. Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine "Translated from the catalogue Une visite au camp de Châlons sous le Second Empire: photographies de Messieurs Le Gray, Prévot..., Paris: musée de l'Armée, 1996, pp. 130-131." Retrieved September 15, 2008.
- ^ J. Paul Getty Museum. Gustave Le Gray, Photographer. July 9 - September 29, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2008.