Biografie von Gustave LE GRAY (1820-1884)
Personal data
Birth : 1820 - Villiers-le-Bel, France
Death : 1882 - Cairo, Egypt
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Representatives
Lee Gallery – 1 Mount Vernon Street – Winchester MA, United States
Education
Has frequented the studio of Paul DELAROCHE [ 1797-1856 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1864:He settled in Egypt.
1860:Trip in Sicily.
1859:He made a series of pictures of Paris, France.
1857:Emperor Napoleon III commissioned him to document the inauguration of a army training camp at Châlons-en-Champagne, France.
During the 1850s, he made several trips into the Forest of Fontainebleau, France.
Affiliated to an association
1851 : Société Héliographique – Paris, France
1854 : Société Française de Photographie – 71, rue de Richelieu – Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Albumen print - Salt print Movements and styles
Primitive PhotographyWorks
| Brick au clair de lune | |
| Date of creation : 1856 Medium : Albumen print Size : 32 x 40 cm | |
| An Effect of the Sun, Normandy | |
| Date of creation : 1856 Medium : Albumen print Size : 32 x 42 cm | |
| Standing Female Nude | |
| Date of creation : 1855 Medium : Albumen print Size : 30 x 22 cm | |
| Study of Trees and Pathways | |
| Date of creation : 1849 Medium : Salt print | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
V & A – The Victoria and Albert Museum – London, United Kingdom
2003 – 08/03/2003
2002
J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
2002 – 09/29/2002
Musée Condé – Chantilly, France
03/20/2002 – 06/17/2002
BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Paris, France
03/19/2002 – 06/16/2002
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc. – The Mark Hotel 25 East 77th Street – New York NY, United States
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Blau – Odeonsplatz 12 – Munich, Germany
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc. – 2145 Valley Hill Road – Malvern PA, United States
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc. – The Mark Hotel 25 East 77th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Baudoin Lebon – 38 rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Baudoin Lebon – 38 rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie – Paris, France
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Jane Corkin Gallery – 55 Mill street, Bulding 61 – Toronto ON, Canada
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Gary Edwards Gallery – 9 Hillyer Court, North West – Washington DC, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Baudoin Lebon – 38 rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie – Paris, France
1853
Le Salon
Paris, France
1853
1848
Le Salon
Paris, France
1848
Group exhibitions
1999
Aqua
Galerie Thierry Marlat – Paris, France
09/01/1999 – 10/16/1999
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