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Emmanuel Zamor
Emmanuel Hector Zamor (c. 1840, Bahia - 1917/1919, Créteil?) was a Brazilian-born painter who lived in France. He specialized in landscapes and still lifes in the style of the Barbizon school. Biography As a child, he was apparently abandoned at the "Basílica Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia" in Salvador (Bahia), Salvador. He was adopted by a French couple, Pierre Emmanuel and Rose Zamor, and was taken to France in 1845.Brief biography @ the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. As soon as he was old enough, he began to study music and drawing. He later attended the Académie Julian, where he received his first exposure to contemporary trends in art. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadar (photographer)
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs. Photographic portraits by Nadar are held by many of the great national collections of photographs. His son, Paul Nadar (1856–1939), continued the studio after his death. Life Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (also known as Nadar) was born in early April 1820 in Paris, though some sources state he was born in Lyon. His father, Victor Tournachon, was a printer and bookseller. Nadar began to study medicine but quit for economic reasons after his father's death. Nadar started working as a caricaturist and novelist for various newspapers. He fell in with the Parisian bohemian group of Gérard de Nerval, Charles Baudelaire, and Théodore de Banville. His friends picked a nickname for him, perhaps by a playful habit of ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
