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Demachy
Demachy is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: *François Demachy, French perfumer * Pierre-Antoine Demachy (1723–1807), French artist * Robert Demachy (1859–1936), French photographer See also *Le Sieur de Machy Machy, known as Le Sieur de Machy ( fl. 1655–1700) was a French viol player, composer, and teacher remembered principally for his ''Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature'' (1685), a valuable source of information on the performance practic ..., 17th-century French musician {{surname French-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Demachy
Robert Demachy (1859–1936) was a prominent French Pictorial photographer of the late 19th and early 20th century. He is best known for his intensely manipulated prints that display a distinct painterly quality. Life Early years (1859–1875) Léon-Robert Demachy was born in the home of his grandmother in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, on the outskirts of Paris, on 7 July 1859. His parents, Charles Adolphe Demachy (1818–1888) and Zoé Girod de l’Ain (1827–1916), had two other sons, Charles Amédée (1852–1911) and Adrien Édouard (1854–1927), and a daughter, Germaine (1856-1940?). The elder Charles had started the highly successful financial enterprise of Banque Demachy, and by the time Demachy was born the family was very wealthy. He had no need to earn a living, and there is no record of his having ever been employed anywhere. He dropped the first part of his name in his childhood and was always known as "Robert". After his birth his family returned to their mansion at 13 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Antoine Demachy
Pierre-Antoine Demachy (17 September 1723 – 10 September 1807) was a French artist who specialized in painting ruins, Trompe-l'œil architectural decorations and imaginative scenes of Paris. Biography Demachy was born in Paris as the son of a carpenter. In 1754, he became a student of the scenographer Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni and, the following year, was certified as a "Painter of Architecture" by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. In 1757, he held his first exhibit at the Salon and continued to display his works there until 1802. He began teaching at the Académie soon after. In 1764, his trompe-l'œil paintings for the façade of the new Church of Sainte-Geneviève (now the Panthéon) earned him an appointment as the decorator of stage sets for the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Four years later, the Russian Ambassador in Paris presented him with a commission for several tableaux from Catherine the Great. Upon the death of Jean-François Amand, Demachy was assign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Demachy
François Demachy is a French perfumer. He trained at . He was succeeded as Dior’s House Perfumer by Francis Kurkdjian, but he remained a perfumer under the LVMH umbrella brands. Biography Born in Cannes, Demarchy has lived almost all his life in Grasse where his father has a pharmacy. He studied dentistry, physiotherapy, then after working at Mane, studied at the school of perfumery company Charabot. After five years of study at Charabot, Demachy joined Chanel, where he was appointed Director of Research and Development, collaborating simultaneously with the creation of perfumes of Chanel, Ungaro, Bourjois and Tiffany. In 2006 he was appointed Director of Development for the LVMH cosmetics and perfumes division and Christian Dior's main nose. He also collaborates in the production of Fendi and Acqua di Parma perfumes, also by the LVMH group. In 2009, Dior released a flanker to its pillar fragrance Miss Dior Chérie, called Miss Dior Chérie L’Eau, signed by Demachy. ''Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Sieur De Machy
Machy, known as Le Sieur de Machy ( fl. 1655–1700) was a French viol player, composer, and teacher remembered principally for his ''Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature'' (1685), a valuable source of information on the performance practices of his time. "The publication of the Pièces de Violle (..) unleashed a veritable polemic or querelle with Jean Rousseau concerning the “true manner of playing the viol”, which had been described by Machy with a wealth of details in the prologue to his work (..)". As a reply to Machy's 1685 prologue, Rousseau in 1688 published ''Réponce de Monsieur Rousseau''. This polemic and a general discussion of Machy was treated by Ng in 2008.Shaun Ng, Le Sieur de Machy and the French solo viol tradition. Conservatorium of Music, University of Western Australia Master's thesis 2008. Abstract and full pdf: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/le-sieur-de-machy-and-the-french-solo-viol-tradition Machy studied with Nicolas H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
