ARTISTVIEW ALL
Robert Demachy
French
1859–1936
About the Artist
Explore life events-
Elizabeth Buehrmann. M. Robert Demachy, Made in Paris. c. 1900s–1910s. Platinum print. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of the artist. Digital image: © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY - Alternate Name(s) Léon Robert Demachy (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Paris
- Schools Royal Photo Society, 1853–present
- Publications Camera Work, 1903–17 Photography, 1839–1937, 1937
Artist Chronology
| July 7, 1869 |
Born
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
| 1882 |
Elected to membership in the Société Française de Photographie
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| April–September 1892 |
Exposition internationale de la photographie at the Palais des Beaux-Arts
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Brussels |
| 1894–1904 |
Exhibits annually at the London Photographic Salon
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1894 |
Cofounds Photo-Club de Paris
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| January 10–30, 1894 |
Exhibition of Photographic Art, organized by the Photo-Club de Paris, at Galerie Durand Ruel
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| 1895 |
Exhibition of his gum prints at the Photo-Club de Paris
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| 1897 |
Publishes Photo-Aquatint, or the Gum Bichromate Process
Contributor: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1900 |
Photos from Newark Camera Club exhibition
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Newark |
| April 1901 |
Exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1902 |
Becomes a member of the Photo-Secession
Affiliated: Robert Demachy
|
New York |
| June 1904 |
Solo exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1905 |
Becomes an honorary member of the Royal Photographic Society
Affiliated: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1905 |
Elected to membership in the Linked Ring
Affiliated: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| July 1907 |
Exhibition at the Royal Photographic Society of prints Demachy made using the Rawlins oil process
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1910 |
Illustrates the book Three Normandy Inns by Mrs. Bowman Dodd
Contributor: Robert Demachy
|
Boston |
| 1911 |
Introduces a modern transfer method for oil print and exhibits the results at the Society of Amateur Artists
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| 1914 |
Publishes How to Make Oil and Bromoil Prints in Monochrome and Color
Contributor: Robert Demachy
|
London |
| 1914 |
Ceases photographic activity at the outbreak of war and begins sketching
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| 1931 |
Retrospective exhibition of gum prints
Participant: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| 1936 |
Donates his exhibited works to the Société Française de Photographie
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Paris |
| December 29, 1936 |
Dies
At location: Robert Demachy
|
Trouville |
| March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
|
New York |
