Showing posts with label Durieu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Durieu. Show all posts
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Durieu-Delacroix

›
The early French photographer Durieu made this in conjuction  with the great artist Delacroix in the mid-1850s.  
6 comments:
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

19th Century Day, Part 1 - Known Photographers

›
We're going way back to the 19th Century today, and it will be a two part set with known photographers first and then some unknowns.  Th...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Durieu/Delacroix

›
This 1850s photo by Durieu for the artist Delacroix is a "new" version of a one I posted about five years ago.  I think the first ...
2 comments:
Monday, January 15, 2024

19th Century

›
This one was made by pioneering French photographer Jean Louis Durieu in the 1850s.  
9 comments:
Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Teddy Butler

›
I saved what I consider to be the best of today's photos for last.  This is Teddy Butler,  and at first glance you're probably just ...
7 comments:
Thursday, May 11, 2023

1853 Durieu

›
Although it looks later and resembles the 1880s work of Lalaing, this one is well  authenticated as by Durieu in 1853 in collaboration with ...
7 comments:
Friday, May 21, 2021

Early 19th Century, Part 1 - Photos by Durieu

›
The heading for part one of today's double feature is a bit misleading.  The photos by Durieu in it date from mostly about 1854-55, whic...
7 comments:

Leopard skin

›
Durieu used the leopard skin (I'm pretty sure that in 1854 it would have been real) in a number of photos of this model, who appears to ...
5 comments:

Partial Derriere

›
For some reason, there doesn't seem to be a full derriere view of this Durieu model, or at least I couldn't find one after much look...
5 comments:

Six-pack

›
It's somewhat unusual to see a reclining model with a staff, but it works here. Disclosure:  I removed yellowing and increased contrast...
5 comments:

Later

›
This Durieu photo is not dated, but shows a level of technical refinement indicated it was made later than today's other photos.  Also, ...
3 comments:
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Europe Week

›
  Over the years I've been blogging, I've been fortunate enough to have increased my already considerable appreciation for Europe an...
2 comments:
Friday, July 24, 2020

›
Jean Louis Durieu produced this photograph as part of an 1850's series of studies for the French painter Delacroix.  
3 comments:
Friday, May 1, 2020

›
I have posted this 1853 photo by Durieu before, but it is worth repeating. Durieu was an amateur and photography was still in its i...
3 comments:
Friday, November 29, 2019

›
I really like the posing in this interesting photo by Durieu.
2 comments:
Monday, May 13, 2019

›
I recently did a series on the work of Eugene Durieu,  and this is another of his studies for Delacroix from 1854.
3 comments:
Friday, March 29, 2019

Durieu and Delacroix in the 1850's, Part 1 - Durieu's Photos

›
Jean Louis Marie Eugene Durieu (1800-1874) was a French bureaucrat who took up photography as a hobby around 1850.  He was a friend of ...

›
Durieu's photography seems crude by modern standards, but remember, he was an amateur and worked in the mid-1850's, the infancy...

›
The leopard skin adds an exotic touch to this photo of an unknown model who posed for 90% or more of Durieu's male nudes.  (In abou...
2 comments:

›
While it might be a bit unfortunate that the model's face is obscured in this photo,  his musculature is on full display, and it...
1 comment: