Viviane Esders and the members of the 2025 jury—Damarice Amao, Antoine de Galbert, Arnaud Lévénès, Robert Pujade, Marie Robert, and Sonia Voss—have awarded the 2025 Viviane Esders Prize to the…
Read MoreBy Alex Novak
Gustave Le Gray was born August 30, 1820 in Villiers-le-Bel, France.
For about three years at the beginning of the 1840s, Le Gray studied with the painter Paul Delaroche.…
Read MoreThere has been and probably always will be a strong market for this 19th-century photographer. Besides being an acknowledged master by virtually every art institution, he is one of the…
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