WattsOS
[
[Fencer]
1906 · Gelatin silver print
Image: 17.5 x 26.5 x 12.8 cm (6 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WATTS INDEXThe canonical database of visual culture
Georges Demeny
Artist
WA-00030985
PhotographyPhotography
Representation
None documented
0
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
6
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
Profile Completeness
Cultural Positioning
Influence Graph
No influence edges encoded yet.
Authority Records (2)
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
Georges Demeny was a French physiologist and chronophotographer who pioneered motion analysis through sequential photography in the 1880s. Working alongside Étienne-Jules Marey at the Station Physiologique in Paris, Demeny developed techniques to decompose human and animal movement into discrete frames, creating some of the earliest systematic visual records of locomotion. His work established foundational methods for understanding biomechanics and contributed directly to the emergence of cinema as a technical and artistic medium.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
Graph relationships
Taste overlap and adjacency
Movement
Photography
Medium
Photography
Related Artists
12 in graph
Institutional
Museum Collections
Canonical record
Artworks (3)
Artwork sources (3)
3 published of 3 catalogued · 2 with image
- The Met1 published
- Art Institute Chicago1 published1 img
- MoMA1 published1 img
Record
Images
Relationships
4Movements1
Institutional
Representation & Collections
In collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Record
Exhibitions and timeline
No exhibitions or timeline entries yet