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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Félix Teynard

Dates:  1817, 14 January - 1892, 28 August
Born:  France, Grenoble (Saint-Flour, Cantal - Grove Art Online)
Active:  Egypt
 
  
Early French travel photographer best known for the series of 160 plates of Egypt that were published between 1853 and 1858.

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Howe, Kathleen Stewart & Kraus, Hans P (ed.), 1992, Felix Teynard: Calotypes of Egypt - A Catalogue Raisonne, (New York: Hans P. Kraus, Jr. Inc.) [LL_REF:1189 *B
  
Teynard, Félix, 1851-1852, Égypte et Nubie, sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire [LL_REF:1124
  
 
  
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
 
Portraits 
  
If you have a portrait of this photographer or know of the whereabouts of one we would be most grateful. 
  
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Family history 
  
If you are related to this photographer and interested in tracking down your extended family we can place a note here for you to help. It is free and you would be amazed who gets in touch. 
  
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All photographs by this photographer 
  
 

Internet biographies

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist. 
[NOTE: This is a subscription service and you will need to pay an annual fee to access the content.]
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA has a biography on this photographer. [Scroll down the page on this website as the biography may not be immediately visible.]Show on this siteGo to website
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Perez, Nissan N. 1988 Focus East: Early Photography in the Near East 1839-1885 (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) p.226-227 [Short biography on Félix Teynard possibly with example plates.] 
  
 

Useful printed stuff

If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here.

 
• Gruber, Renate and L. Fritz Gruber 1982 The Imaginary Photo Museum (New York: Harmony Books) p.263 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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