Category: Artists
Charles Hugo (France, 1826–1871) Victor Hugo dans le rocher des Proscrits (Victor Hugo dans le rocher des Proscrits) Around 1853 Salted paper print from a collodion glass negative 10.3 x 6.3 cm. Don Mme Marie-Thérèse and André Jammes, 1984 Collection of Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France In shaping his own image as the leading opponent of ...
Erwin Olaf (Netherlands, 1959–2023) has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with lung disease, according to information published on Wednesday, September 20 by several media outlets in the Netherlands, citing the artist's family. "World-famous photographer Erwin Olaf has died. His family has announced the news," reported NOS, the Dutch public broadcasting ...
Portrait of Japanese Painter Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Japan-France, 1886-1968) photographed by Pierre Vauthey. Portrait de Jeune Fille à Hanoi (Portrait of a Young Girl in Hanoi) is one of Foujita's masterpieces illustrating the beauty of a Vietnamese lady. After having studied Western-style painting in Japan, Foujita travelled to Paris, where he encountered the international modern ...
