Lyon
Artist/Culture
Edouard-Denis Baldus
(French, 1813–1882)
Date19th century
Mediumsalt print
Dimensions19.4 x 28 cm (7 5/8 x 11 in.)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Terms
Object number1987.100
Label Text2000-02-08: Edouard-Denis Baldus
French, 1813-1882
Lyon, 1850s
Salt print
Stoddard Acquisition Fund, 1987.100
Like many artists before him, Baldus began his career as a painter, exhibiting in the salons of 1842, 1848 and 1851. By 1849 he was a practicing photographer, and received his first commissions in 1852, to survey historical monuments and record the reunion of the Tuileries and the Louvre. In 1855 he was commissioned to photograph the railroad route from Paris to Boulogne, and he received critical acclaim for a set of landscape photographs that had been exhibited. One of the main strengths of his work is composition, which is evidenced in this photograph. A master of choosing the perfect point of view, Baldus rarely photographed anything frontally.
Notes:The Stoddard LegacyProvenanceLee Gallery, Boston, MAOn View
Not on view
