Jean-Baptiste Gustave Le Gray 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.
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Works in Collection
34 works
Cavalry Maneuvers, October 3 from the album Memories of t...
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Forest of Fontainebleau
Gustave Le Gray
c. 1856
Group by the Millpond at Petit-Mourmelon
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Palazzo Carini, Palermo
Gustave Le Gray
1860
Setting the Emperor's Table from the album Memories of th...
Gustave Le Gray
1857
The Bathhouse of the Zouaves from the album Memories of t...
Gustave Le Gray
1857
The Great Wave, Sète
Gustave Le Gray
1856
The Tugboat
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled
Gustave Le Gray
1852
Untitled
Gustave Le Gray
1851
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Untitled from the portfolio Souvenirs du Camp de Chalons
Gustave Le Gray
1857
Exhibitions
4 exhibitionsNov 29, 1949 – Jan 15, 1950
Roots of French Photography
10 artists · 1 curator
Dec 21, 1979
Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
102 artists · 1 curator
Oct 23, 1980
Reinstallation of the Collection
129 artists
May 06, 1981 – Jul 05, 1981
Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
54 artists · 1 curator