Félix Bonfils
Also recorded as Felix Bonfils · Paul Félix Bonfils · Paul-Felix Bonfils · Paul-Félix Bonfils
Félix Bonfils
Félix Bonfils · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb · CC0
- Born
- 1831 · Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort.
- Died
- 1885 · Alès.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · bookbinder · writer
- Fields
- photography
- Languages
- French
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is photography. Residence is recorded at Beirut and Alès. Work by Félix Bonfils is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada and National Museum of World Cultures.
His recorded language was French. He married Lydia Bonfils. One child is recorded: Adrien Bonfils.
Identity
Identity
Félix Bonfils is recorded with the occupation architectural photographer. Established in Bibliothèque nationale de France under 10300986q. Established in Library of Congress under n87127847. Recorded as photographer, bookbinder and writer. Established in RKDartists under 226121. Established in FAST under 207055. Recognition and collections.
Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville (Two Women), c. 1880s, by Félix Bonfils
Félix Bonfils · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
Femmes musulmanes Syriennes à Beyrouth, Costume de Ville (Man on a Donkey), c. 1880s, by Félix Bonfils
Félix Bonfils · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of William and Margaret Lipscomb
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1831
Félix Bonfils born at Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort.
1885
Félix Bonfils died on 1 January 1885.
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Beirut and Alès
Residences
Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort.
Birth place
Alès.
Death place
Primary material
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reference work
- “Félix Bonfils”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2915801: Félix Bonfils
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- 1.Galstyan, Vigen (2018). Abraham Guiragossian (1871–1956 | 1880–1930s), at the Database of Armenian Photo-Media Practitioners, Lusadaran Armenian Photography Foundation Yerevan with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia. Accessed 8 December 2023.
- 2.Hannavy, John. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. 173–174. 2013.
- 3.Chemali, Yasmine. The Good Woman named Bonfils. British Library: Endangered Archives Programme. 7 March 2014.
- 4.World Digital Library. Aerial Panoramic View of Beirut. 1867.
- 5.Szegedy-Maszak, Andrew. The Genius of Félix Bonfils. Archaeology. 54. 3. May–June 2001.
- 6.Gavin, Carney E. S. Bonfils and the early photography of the Near East. Harvard Library Bulletin. XXVI. 4. 461. 1978.
- 7.Farbige Reise, Paris bibliothèques, 2009, p. 41
- 8.Vogelsang-Eastwood, G., For Modesty's Sake? Barjesteh, Meeuwes & Company, 1996, p. 163
- 9.Rockett, William H. The Bonfils Story. Saudi Aramco World. 34. 6. 1983.
- 10.Collections.si.edu. Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- 11.The Fouad Debbas Collection: assessment and digitisation of a precious private collection. Photographs from Maison Bonfils (1867-1910s), Beirut, Lebanon (EAP644). British Library Endangered Archives Programme. 6 September 2017.
- 12.Gavin, Carney E. S. Bonfils and the early photography of the Near East. Harvard Library Bulletin. XXVI. 4. 449. 1978.
- 13.Gavin, Carney E. S. Bonfils and the early photography of the Near East. Harvard Library Bulletin. XXVI. 4. 460–461. 1978.
- 14.Aerial Panoramic View of Beirut. World Digital Library. 1867.
- 15.Bonfils, Roger. Des pionniers de la photographie, Souvenirs de Famille. The Fouad Debbas Collection. December 1979.
- 16.Hannavy, John. Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. 174. 2008.
- 17.Scène naar het bijbelverhaal over de barmhartige Samaritaan, Nablus, Palestina (1867–1883). Netherlands Museum Catalogue.
- 18.Catalogue des vues photographiques de l'Orient.
- 19.Click Click: The Repetition of Photo-Graphic Subject Matter in the 19th Century. Sursock Museum. 3 November 2017 – 5 February 2018.
- 20.Gavin, Carney E. S. Bonfils and the early photography of the Near East. Harvard Library Bulletin. XXVI. 4. 445–446. 1978.
- 21.Manning, Samuel. "Those Holy Fields": Palestine, Illustrated by Pen and Pencil. Religious Tract Society. 6. 1874.
- 22.Rockett, William H. The Bonfils Story. Saudi Aramco World. 34. 6. 1983.
- 23.Gavin, Carney E. S. Bonfils and the early photography of the Near East. Harvard Library Bulletin. XXVI. 4. 461. 1978.
- 24.Bonfils, Marie-Lydie. Catalogue général des vues photographiques de l'Orient : Basse et Haute Egypte, Nubie, Palestine, Phénicie, Moab, Syrie, Côte d'Asie, les Sept églises d'Asie, Caramanie, Anatolie, îles de Chypre, de Rhodes, de Pathmos, de Syra, Athènes, Macédoine, Constantinople. Agencies in Jerusalem. 1907.
- 25.Arnaudiès, Alain. L'Orient des Bonfils (1867–1918). Les archives Bonfils de la bibliothèque d'égyptologie du Collège de France. Soleb. 4. 2022.
- 26.Brooklyn Museum. brooklynmuseum.org.
- 27.Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA). Search. cca.qc.ca.
- 28.Felix Bonfils. FAMSF Search the Collections. 2018-09-21.
- 29.Felix Bonfils. ou.edu.
- 30.Middle East and Islamic Photographs. Harvard Library.
- 31.Félix Bonfils (French, 1831 – 1885) (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles.
- 32.Tyr., Vue générale, Palestine, Félix Bonfils ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art. collections.artsmia.org.
- 33.Central aisle of the hypostyle hall, Karnak, Egypt. art.nelson-atkins.org.
- 34.The Fouad Debbas Collection. Sursock Museum.
- 35.The Fouad Debbas Collection: assessment and digitisation of a precious private collection. Photographs from Maison Bonfils (1867-1910s), Beirut, Lebanon (EAP644). British Library Endangered Archives Programme. 6 September 2017.
- 36.Exchange Search: artist:"Felix Bonfils". exchange.umma.umich.edu.
- 37.Karnak Ruines du temples Amonphis. Digital Collections.
- 38.Museum, Victoria and Albert. Photograph Felix Bonfils V&A Explore The Collections. Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections.
- 39.Charette transportant des femmes arabes (Primary Title) – (2014.220). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Carney, G., The Image of the East: Nineteenth-Century Near-Eastern Photographs by Bonfils, [From the Collection of the Harvard Semitic Museum], Chicago/London. University of Chicago Press, 1982
- Arnaudiès, Alain. L'Orient des Bonfils (1867–1918). Les archives Bonfils de la bibliothèque d'égyptologie du Collège de France. Soleb. 865. 2022. 978-2-918157-52-6.
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