Back to home page | 
Listed in category:
  • Antiques >
  • Books & Manuscripts >
  • Canadian
This listing has ended. The seller has relisted this item or one like this.
Item:CHARLES NÈGRE

CHARLES NÈGRE

Item condition:--
Price:US $79.95
Shipping:Read item description or contact seller for details. See more services 

 See discounts 

 |  See all details
Estimated delivery time varies
Coverage:
Pay with and your full purchase price is covered | See terms

A reserve price is the minimum price the seller will accept. This price is hidden from bidders. To win, a bidder must have the highest bid and have met or exceeded the reserve price.

 
Seller info
100% Positive feedback
Other item info
Item number:250224258509
Item location:Laval, Quebec, Canada
Ships to:Worldwide
Payments:

CHARLES NÈGRE

 

1820-1880

 

James Borcoman

 

The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 1976

 

 

260 pp.

 

Around 200 pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHARLES NÈGRE (1820-1880) was one of the pioneers of photography in France and one of the earliest and greatest practitioners of photography as a fine art. A history painter by training, and acclaimed at Salon after Salon, Nègre became involved in photography soon after the perfection of various techniques that would dominate the rest of the nineteenth century. Shifting from the harsh glitter of daguerreotypes to the warm subtleties of salted paper prints, and bring­ing all his experience of more traditional art forms to bear on his work, he created hundreds of photo­graphs remarkable for their' beauty innovation, and technical ingenuity. Inventing, among other things, a lens for near-instantaneous "snap-shots," and an - important, if controversial, early photogravure pro­cess, Nègre also anticipated by more than a hundred years André Malraux's, concept of a "museum with­out walls" in many proposals and projects calling for the, photographic documentation of works of art and other artifacts of the history of civilization.

James Borcoman, who studied under Nathan Lyons and Beaumont Newhall, is Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

 

CHARLES NÈGRE (1820-1880) a été l'un des pionniers

de la photographie en France et un des premiers et des plus importants praticien à élever ce procédé au rang d'art noble. «Peintre d'histoire» par sa formation, médaillé de Salon en Salon, Nègre s'éprend de la photographie . peu après le perfectionnement de di­verses techniques: qui allaient dominer la deuxième moitié du xixe siècle. Passant de la clarté choquante du daguerréotype aux subtilités chaudes des épreuves sur papier salé, en apportant toute sa connaissance des effets picturaux sur son oeuvre, il créa des cen­taines de photographies toutes remarquables par leur beauté, leur innovation et leur ingéniosité. Parmi tant d'autres inventions, il est le créateur d'une combi­naison de lentilles qui lui permit de photographier presque instantanément et d'un procédé d'impression photomécanique important mais controversé. Nègre cent ans avant le concept du «musée imaginaire» d'André Malraux avait conçu la publication d'un énorme, catalogue photographique «de tous les prin­cipaux objets façonnés appartenant à la civilisation française».

James Borcoman, ancien élève de Nathan Lyons et de Beaumont Newhall, est conservateur de la photo­graphie à la Galerie nationale du Canada, à Ottawa.

 


Powered by eBay Turbo Lister
Questions and answers about this item
 No questions or answers have been posted about this item. 


00682
Return policy
Return policy not specified.
Read item description for any reference to return policy.
Payment details
Payment methodPreferred/AcceptedBuyer protection on eBay
Credit or debit card through PayPal
Accepted
Pay with and your full purchase price is covered | See terms
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.

About eBay | Announcements | Security Center | Resolution Center | eBay Toolbar | Policies | Government Relations | Site Map | Help
Copyright © 1995-2009 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy.
eBay official time