ANTIQUE VICTORIAN PARIS LISTED PHOTOGRAPHER HENRI MANUEL ART NOUVEAU ART PHOTO

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ANTIQUE VICTORIAN PARIS LISTED PHOTOGRAPHER HENRI MANUEL ART NOUVEAU ART PHOTO:
$399.99

This is an original late 19th century photograph byHenri Manuel (1874 - 1947) measuringapproximately 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 on its original larger backing measuring approximately 6 x 4 3/16 inches. Thanks for looking.
Henri Manuel (1874 - 1947) was a Parisian photographer whoserved as the official photographer of the French government from 1914 to 1944.

In 1900, Manuel opened a portrait studio in Paris with hisbrother Gaston, which specialised in portrait photography.[2] Manuel quicklybecame renowned as a photographer of people from the worlds of politics, artand sports, as well as a photographer of art and architecture. Soon hisportraits were used by news agencies, and in 1910 Manuel's studio beganproviding a commercial service to news agencies for photographs known as"l’Agence universelle de reportage Henri Manuel".

The studio became the largest photographic studio in Parisand a leading centre where young aspiring photographers such as Thérèse Bonneymight go to work.[3] In 1925, the brothers moved their business to 27 rue duFaubourg Montmartre, where they expanded their business into fashionphotography for the likes of Chanel, Patou, Poiret and Lanvin. By 1941 thestudio had produced over a million images, spread between fashion photographs,news agency photographs, personal portraits and other images.

The studio was shut down during the Second World War, andmost of the photographic plates were destroyed. Some 500 survived, andultimately passed into possession of the Médiathèque de l’architecture et dupatrimoine.

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