Charles Negre

(French, 1820-1881)

Charles Nègre began to photograph in 1844 in order to collect visual images to use in preparation for his paintings. Unlike many painters who turned to the new medium, Nègre never ceased to paint. He is best known for his landscape and architectural photographs of Paris, Chartres, and the Midi, a region in southern France. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Nègre printed all of his own photographs and was renowned as a photographic printer. He retired in 1863 and died at Cannes, France.

Young Girl Seated with a Basket, 1852.
Salt print. Collection Andre Jammes, Paris; National Gallerv of Canada, Ottawa.

Le Port de Nice, Vue Panoramique , 1870

Saint-Gabriel Pres D'Arles, 1852

Pifferari Jouant de Leurs Instruments au 21 Quai Bourbon, 1853

Market Scene at the Port de L'Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1851.
Salt print. Collection Andre Jammes, Paris; National Gallety of Canada, Ottawa.

Le Stryge (+ negative)

Les moulins à Grasse (+ negative)

Nature morte, tableau de chasse, 1855-1860

Organ Grinder at 21, quai Bourbon

"Renown Riding Pegasus", sculpture by Antoine Coysevox, Place de la Concorde, Paris, 1859

Vincennes Imperial Asylum: The Linen Room, 1859

Grasse, moulin, moulinier travaillant sous le regard d'une femme, 1852

Portrait de Rachel a Auteuil, 1853

Pifferari debout et paysanne italienne assise dans la cour du 21 quai Bourbon, 1982

Groupe de trois pifferari debout dans la cour, 1982

Arles. Saint-Trophime, 1982

La place du Chatelet, 1982

Le Pantheon de Paris, 1959

Mosquee, Saint-Sepulcre de Jerusalem, 1865

Petra, Arabie, 1864. Ruines de Ouadi - Monga Hadjaz entre 1865 et 1866

Asile imperial de Vincennes, l'infirmerie entre 1857 et 1860

Asile imperial de Vincennes, les cuisines, la preparation du repas entre 1857 et 1860

Asile imperial de Vincennes, le refectoire entre 1857 et 1860

Deux Pifferari dans la cour du 21 quai Bourbon vers 1854