Félix Thiollier (28 June 1842,
Saint Étienne – 12 May 1914, Saint Étienne) was a French industrialist, writer, art collector and photographer.
His father, Claude Auguste, was a ribbon maker. In 1857, he started a ribbon company in
Saint Étienne. At age 37 he retired and pursued his interests in art, archeology and photography. His photography was influenced by the work of
Camille Corot and he befriended
François-Auguste Ravier,
Paul Borel
André Marie Paul Borel (12 February 1828, Lyon - 26 January 1913, Lyon) was a French painter and engraver; specializing in historical and religious scenes.
Biography
He was born to a family of merchants. His father died when he was ten, so ...
,
Jean-Paul Laurens
Jean-Paul Laurens (; 28 March 1838 – 23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style.
Biography
Laurens was born in Fourquevaux and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet and Alexand ...
and
François Guiguet.
In 1870, he married Gabrielle Testenoire-Lafayette. They had five children.
Gallery
File:Félix Thiollier, Landscape with Ruin, c. 1870.jpg, Landscape with Ruin, c. 1870
File:FThiollierNDParis.jpg, Notre Dame de Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to the ...
, c. 1900
File:EmmaParFelix.jpg, Thiollier's daughter , a sculptor and painter, working at Notre Dame (1907).
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1842 births
1914 deaths
French photographers