Girault de Prangey - Photographer (1804-1892)

Girault de Prangey - Photographer (1804-1892)

November 3, 2020 July 11, 2021 Exhibition has ended
Forgotten for over a century, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892), born in Langres, has for the last twenty years been regarded as one of the leading figures of early French photography. This wealthy aristocrat who chose to become a painter and illustrator, archaeologist and architectural historian, a "gentleman scientist" studying rare plants and birds, was also a pioneer of the daguerreotype. This technique, which he mastered perfectly as of 1841 enabled him to produce a body of work of unrivalled quality and breadth.
Girault de Prangey - Exhibition Catalogue
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Girault de Prangey - Exhibition Catalogue

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FRENCH LANGUAGE

Over the last twenty years or so, the Langrois Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) has established himself among the major figures of early French photography, thanks to a few exhibitions and publications. Painter and draughtsman, archaeologist and architectural historian, scholar and lover of rare plants and birds, he was indeed a pioneer of the daguerreotype, a technique which he mastered perfectly from 1841, and by means of which he delivered a work of almost incomparable quality and scope.

Exhibition Girault de Prangey at the Orsay Museum, 2020 - 2021.

French language
256 pages

Hazan Publishing
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