Émile Zola (French novelist, playwright, and journalist, 1840-1902)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Étienne Carjat
Artist
Printmaking
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.
Full artist profile →More
More by Étienne Carjat
Galérie contemporaine, litéraire, artistique
1876 · Woodburytype on paper, photographic support, cardboard
Louis-Léon-César Faidherbe
1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 8
Gustave Aimard
1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 7
Arsène Houssaye
1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 6
Jules Simon
1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
Alexandre Dumas (French novelist and playwright, 1802-1870)
1871 · Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1878), volume 5
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Étienne Carjat
- Year
- 1871
- Medium
- Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1876), volume 3
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1871-106747
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified