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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (/ d ə ˈ ɡ ɛər / ⓘ də-GAIR; French: [lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de daɡɛʁ]; 18 November 1787 – 10 July 1851) was a French scientist, artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography.
Daguerre, a skilled professional artist, was familiar with the camera obscura as an aid for establishing correct proportion and perspective, sometimes very useful when planning out the celebrated theatrical scene backdrops he painted and the even larger ultra-realistic panoramas he exhibited in his popular Diorama.
Daguerre's daguerreotype taken at 8:00 AM. Boulevard du Temple is a photograph of a Parisian streetscape made in 1838 (or possibly 1837 [1]), and is one of the earliest surviving daguerreotype plates produced by Louis Daguerre. [2]
The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel is an oil on canvas painting of the Holyrood Abbey completed around 1824 by the French artist Louis Daguerre.The painting measures 211 × 256.3 cm (83.1 × 100.9 in), and is exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.
The following is a chronological list of French artists working in visual or plastic media (plus, for some artists of the 20th century, performance art). For alphabetical lists, see the various subcategories of Category:French artists .
Artist: Jonathan Scott Hartley: Medium: Bronze and granite: Movement: Sculpture: Location: Washington, D.C. The Daguerre Memorial is a bronze and granite sculpture by ...
The Kynžvart Daguerreotype (Czech: Kynžvartská daguerrotypie) or Still Life with Jupiter Tonans is an early daguerreotype made in 1839 by Louis Daguerre. It was inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2017, where it was described as a "highly important document of a new type of visual information carrier". [ 1 ]
Dorothy Catherine Draper (6 August 1807–10 December 1901) was an artist, educator and chemist notable for being the subject of the earliest existent daguerreotype portrait made in the United States. [1] [2] [3] [4]