Robert Demachy
ROBERT DEMACHY
Portrait of a Child, ca. 1900-1910, pigment print, ca. 1900-1910, 5 7/16 x 4
1/2.
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Robert Demachy, French, 1859-1936
Robert Demachy was born into a wealthy Parisian family which in turn allowed
him to pursue his love of art and music, without having to worry about how
to support himself. He was influenced by the Impressionist painters and
spent most of his time making photographs and developing his theories on
photography, both technical and aesthetic. He wrote thousands of articles
and several books on photography and was a strong proponent of techniques
used to manipulate a photograph such as the gum bichromate process, oil
transfers and scratching of the gelatine. He founded the Photo-Club de Paris
with fellow photographer C. Puyo and was a prominent force in French pictorial
photography. In 1905 he became a member of The Linked Ring and was an honorary
member of the Royal Photographic Society. His photographs were also reproduced
Stieglitz' Camera Work. He exhibited his work and lectured internationally
before giving up photography in 1914 in order to pursue drawing. His work
can be found in such collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
York, and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.
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