René Basset (7 October 1919 – 12 October 2021) was a French photographer. He received the
Niépce Prize
The Niépce Prize has been awarded annually since 1955 to a professional photographer who has lived and worked in France for over 3 years and is younger than 50 years (previously 45 years) of age. It was introduced in honour of Joseph Nicéphore N ...
in 1958.
Biography
Basset's became a photographer in 1932 and created a studio in
Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
in 1949. He was a founding member of the groups ''Forme et Lumière'' and ''Forum''. He was the oldest surviving recipient of the Niépce Prize.
René Basset died on 12 October 2021 at the age of 102.
Exhibitions
*''Rétrospective'' (1994, Lyon)
*''Transparences'' (2000,
La Ricamarie
La Ricamarie () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. It is situated between the city of Saint-Etienne and the town of Firminy.
Population
Twin towns
La Ricamarie is twinned with:
* Pyskowice, Poland, since 1998
See al ...
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*''Photogravure, la photo comme estampe'' (2000,
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.
It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France ...
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*''Figures'' (2001,
Francheville)
*''Lyon Nostalgie'' (2013,
Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or
Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or (; Arpitan: ''Sant-Ciro-en-Mont-Tor'') or simply Saint-Cyr is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, central-eastern France. It is a northern suburb of Lyon
Lyon (Franco-Provençal ...
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Bibliography
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References
1919 births
2021 deaths
20th-century French photographers
French men centenarians
People from Lyon
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