Alphonse Poitevin
Illustration — Alphonse Louis Poitevin. Alphonse Louis Poitevin (Conflans-sur-Anille, 1819 – Conflans-sur-Anille, 1882) was a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer who discovered the light–sensitive properties of bichromated gelatin and invented both the photolithography and collotype processes. He has been described as "one of the great unheralded figures in photography".
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Alphonse Poitevin
Self-portrait · Los Angeles County Museum of Art. · Public domain
- Born
- 1819. · Conflans-sur-Anille.
- Died
- 1882. · Conflans-sur-Anille.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- chemist, photographer and engineer.
- Fields
- chemistry and photography.
- Education
- École Centrale Paris.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Alphonse Louis Poitevin. Alphonse Louis Poitevin (Conflans-sur-Anille, 1819 – Conflans-sur-Anille, 1882) was a French chemist, photographer and civil engineer who discovered the light–sensitive properties of bichromated gelatin and invented both the photolithography and collotype processes. He has been described as "one of the great unheralded figures in photography".
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Born at Conflans-sur-Anille in 1819, died in Conflans-sur-Anille in 1882.
Alphonse Poitevin studied at École Centrale Paris. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is chemistry and photography. Positions recorded include Mayor of Conflans-sur-Anille. Works named in the authority record are photolithography and carbon process. Work by Alphonse Poitevin is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, J. Paul Getty Museum and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Louis-Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882), French photographer
Unidentified photographer · Bulletin de la Société française de photographie, vol. 29 (1883), frontispiece https: pg=PA2
Alphonse Poitevin (1819 - 1882), french photographer. Selfportrait. Direct positive photograph on silver copper, daguerreotype.
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- 1.Alphonse Poitevin, le troisième homme. Prestige de la photographie. 1. 4 à 59. juin 1977 .
- 2.Anciens élèves de l’École centrale de Paris. Centrale-histoire.centraliens.net.
- 3.Le procédé au charbon. Galerie photo.
- 4.Base Léonore LH/2190/39 .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Sylvie Aubenas, Alphonse Poitevin (1819-1882), photographe et inventeur. La naissance des procédés de reproduction photomécanique et de la photographie inaltérable, thèse pour le diplôme d'archiviste-paléographe, École nationale des chartes, 1987, 2 tomes, 232 p. et 223 p., ill.
- Alphonse Davanne. Notice sur la vie et les travaux de A. Poitevin. Gauthier-Villars. 1882.
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