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Artists›Étienne Carjat

Étienne Carjat

French, 1828

Fareins, Ain, France

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

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Photography 1839�1937

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1937

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Étienne Carjat was a French photographer and caricaturist active in the mid-nineteenth century. He is best known for his portrait photography, which captured prominent literary and artistic figures of the Second Empire and Third Republic periods. His work combined technical precision with an acute sensitivity to character, establishing him as one of the most sought-after portraitists of his era. Carjat also contributed significantly to illustrated journalism and caricature, bridging the worlds of fine art photography and popular print media.

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Artworks (46)

Galérie contemporaine, litéraire, artistique

1876 · Woodburytype on paper, photographic support, cardboard

width: 187 cm, height: 228 cm, height: 299 cm, width: 223 cm

Rijksmuseum

Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, 1849-1897)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

Image/paper: 19.3 × 16 cm (7 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Mount: 34.1 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Fréderick Lamaître (French actor and playwright, 1800-1976)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 1

Image/paper: 23.9 × 19.1 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.); Mount: 33.9 × 26 cm (13 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3

Image, oval: 19.8 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Paper: 24 × 19 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Émile Deshayes de Marère (French politician, 1828-1918)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6

Image/paper: 22.8 × 18.7 cm (9 × 7 3/8 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

André Gill (French caricaturist, 1840-1885)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6

Image, oval: 19.7 × 15 cm (7 13/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Mount: 34 × 26 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alexandre Dumas (French novelist and playwright, 1802-1870)

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5

Image/paper: 23 × 19 cm (9 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26.1 cm (13 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Jules Simon

1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3

Image/paper: 24.1 × 19.3 cm (9 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.); Mount: 34.2 × 26 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Group Exhibition Edward Steichen Photography Center

New York · 1964

Group Exhibition French Photographs: Daguerre to Atget

New York · 1945

Group Exhibition Photography 1839�1937

New York · 1937