Camille Silvy
Group Reading Notice
About this artwork
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artist:Camille Silvy (1835 - 1910) French
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title:Group Reading Notice
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date created:1860
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materials:Collotype
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accession number:PGP 66.1
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Camille Silvy
Camille Silvy
A diplomat by training, Camille Silvy took up photography after a visit to Algeria. His early work focused on the countryside outside Paris. One critic was enchanted by the 'finesse in the details' of his landscapes 'with such grand and well combined effects of light'. After becoming a member of...