Robert Demachy (1859-1936)

Aliases: Leon Robert Demachy

Professions: Photographer

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  ROBERT DEMACHY (French, 1859-1936) SYMBOLI...

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  DEMACHY, ROBERT (1859-1936) "Harbor Scene."

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  CAMERA WORK. > Number 7. Illustrated with 10 photogravures and reproductions, comprising 6 after photographs by theodor > and oscar hofmeister, > 2

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Robert Demachy Biography

(b St Germain-en-Laye, 7 July 1859; d Hennequeville, Normandy, 29 Dec 1936). French photographer, writer and theorist. He was from a banking family and was financially secure, which enabled him to devote all his time to photography from 1880 to 1914. He was especially interested in the gum bichromate printing process, which could be easily hand tinted, and in which he achieved remarkably subtle effects. He tackled all the genres: oriental scenes, nudes, dancers (e.g. Behind the Scenes , 1900; New York, Met.), portraits (e.g. of Mlle D. , pubd in Camera Work , 16 Oct 1906), landscapes and scenes from everyday life. In subject-matter his works oscillate between naturalism, as in Académie (1900; New York, Met.), and symbolism as in Struggle . His works were frequently exhibited (Paris, London, Vienna, New York) and were an instant success. In 1904 Alfred Stieglitz devoted a portfolio to Demachy in his review Camera Work .

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