Charles Nègre was a pioneering photographer, born in Grasse, France. He studied under the painters Paul Delaroche, Ingres and Drolling before establishing his own studio at 21 Quai Bourbon on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris.
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Works in Collection
28 works
Arles, Church of Saint-Trophime, Left Side of the Portal
Charles Nègre
1852
Group of Three Bag Pipers Standing on the Corner of 21 Qu...
Charles Nègre
1854
Horloge Pavilion, Louvre
Charles Nègre
1855
Imperial Asylum, Vincennes: The Laundry
Charles Nègre
1858-59
Jamb Figures of Central Door of Royal Portal, Chartres Ca...
Charles Nègre
1857
Leda
Charles Nègre
1850
Lemon Tree, Grasse
Charles Nègre
c. 1852
Man with High Hat
Charles Nègre
1851
Place du Châtelet
Charles Nègre
1854
Plant Study
Charles Nègre
1860s ?
Portal of Saint Triomphe, Arles Cathedral
Charles Nègre
1854
Portrait of Jules Janin, after Nadar
Charles Nègre
1857
Portrait of Prince Adam George Czartorisky, after Nadar
Charles Nègre
1857
Portrait of Théophile Gautier, after Nadar
Charles Nègre
1857
Rachel
Charles Nègre
1853
Reading Room, Imperial Asylum, Vincennes
Charles Nègre
1858-59
South Porch, Cathedral of Chartres
Charles Nègre
1856 or 1857
Spartacus, Tuileries Gardens, Paris
Charles Nègre
1859
Standing Bag Piper and Seated Italiam Peasant Woman, at t...
Charles Nègre
1855
The Chimney Sweeps
Charles Nègre
1852
The Coconut Merchant
Charles Nègre
c. 1852
The Courtyard of 21 Quai Bourbon, Paris
Charles Nègre
1851
The Little Ragpicker
Charles Nègre
1851
The Lumberjack
Charles Nègre
1853
Exhibitions
7 exhibitionsMar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937
Photography 18391937
243 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1964
Edward Steichen Photography Center
130 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1964 – Aug 23, 1964
The Photographer's Eye
105 artists · 1 curator
Jul 09, 1969 – Sep 28, 1969
Portrait Photographs
43 artists · 1 curator
May 07, 1979 – Jul 29, 1979
Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection
11 artists · 2 curators
May 06, 1981 – Jul 05, 1981
Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography
54 artists · 1 curator
Nov 15, 1984 – Mar 03, 1985
From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink
25 artists · 1 curator