OSCAR GUSTAV REJLANDER Art Book contains 65+ Photographic Reproductions of portraits, famous personalities and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below.
Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: 1813 in Sweden.
DIED: January 18, 1875 in Clapham, London.
MEDIUM: Victorian Art Photography
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Rejlander studied art in Rome. He abandoned painting when he saw how well a photograph captured the fold of a shirt sleeve.
§ Around 1850, he set-up a photography studio in Wolverhampton, England.
§ Rejlander was a master of montage printing. His best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life was a seamless print made from thirty-two images.
§ Rejlander was a member of the Royal Photographic Society of London.
§ Rejlander’s style and photographic techniques were adopted by many other photographers. He has been called the Father of Art Photography.
NOTABLE WORKS:
The Two Ways of Life, Charles Dodgson, Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: 1813 in Sweden.
DIED: January 18, 1875 in Clapham, London.
MEDIUM: Victorian Art Photography
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Rejlander studied art in Rome. He abandoned painting when he saw how well a photograph captured the fold of a shirt sleeve.
§ Around 1850, he set-up a photography studio in Wolverhampton, England.
§ Rejlander was a master of montage printing. His best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life was a seamless print made from thirty-two images.
§ Rejlander was a member of the Royal Photographic Society of London.
§ Rejlander’s style and photographic techniques were adopted by many other photographers. He has been called the Father of Art Photography.
NOTABLE WORKS:
The Two Ways of Life, Charles Dodgson, Alfred Lord Tennyson.
