Henry Peach Robinson: 60+ Pictorialist Reproductions

HENRY PEACH ROBINSON Art Book contains 60+ Photographic Reproductions of portraits, montages 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: July 9, 1830 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
DIED: February 21, 1901 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.

MEDIUM: English Pictorialist Photography

INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Robinson studied drawing under Richard Penwarne before apprenticing as a bookseller and printer.
§ In 1852, he began taking photographs, learning from Dr. Hugh Diamond’s instructions in the Journal of the Photographic Society.
§ In 1855, he opened a photographic studio in Leamington Spa selling portraits.
§ In 1856, Robinson became a founding member of the Birmingham Photographic Society.
§ In 1868, he published Pictorial Effect in Photography, Being Hints on Composition and Chiaroscuro for Photographers.
§ In 1870, Robinson became vice-president of the Royal Photographic Society.

NOTABLE WORKS:
Fading Away, Red Riding Hood Series, Sleep, Maud and Ethel May Robinson.