Gustave Le Gray
Gustave Le Gray | |
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Gustave Le Gray, Self-portrait, late 1850s | |
| Born | 30 August 1820 Villiers-le-Bel, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Died | 30 July 1884 (aged 63) Cairo, Egypt |
| Known for | Painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, photographer |
| Notable work | Developed a number of photographic techniques |
| Spouse |
Palmira Maddalena Gertrude Leonardi
(m. 1844) |
| Children | 7 |
Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ɡystav lə gʁɛ]; 30 August 1820 – 30 July 1884) was a French painter, draughtsman, sculptor, print-maker, and photographer. He has been called "the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century" because of his technical innovations, his instruction of other noted photographers, and "the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making." He was an important contributor to the development of the wax paper negative.