Paul Bergon
Louis-Jacques-Paul Bergon (27 September 1863 in Paris – 27 January 1912) was a French photographer, musician and naturalist. He was a nephew of photographer René Le Bègue (1857–1914). • Illustration — "Sakuntala" Son of a banker, he was introduced to photography by members of his family circle. Around 1885, he began his career in photography in earnest.
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- Full name
- Jacques Louis Paul Bergon.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- botanist, photographer and composer.
- Fields
- botany.
- Movements
- pictorialism.
- Education
- Lycée Condorcet.
- Known for
- Le Nu et le Drapé en Plein Air.
- Languages
- French.
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Louis-Jacques-Paul Bergon (27 September 1863 in Paris – 27 January 1912) was a French photographer, musician and naturalist. He was a nephew of photographer René Le Bègue (1857–1914). • Illustration — "Sakuntala" Son of a banker, he was introduced to photography by members of his family circle. Around 1885, he began his career in photography in earnest.
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Bergon and Louis-Jacques-Paul Bergon. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Alfred Le Bègue, René Le Bègue and Stéphan Le Bègue.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Paul Bergon worked in botany. His work is associated with pictorialism. He belonged to Photo Club de París, Société française de photographie and Société botanique de France. He worked at France.
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Paul Bergon is recorded as botanist, photographer and composer.
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Life and career
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1863
Paul Bergon born at 11th arrondissement of Paris.
1912
Paul Bergon died at 17th arrondissement of Paris.
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France.
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11th arrondissement of Paris.
Birth place
17th arrondissement of Paris.
Death place
Works associated with photography, music and dance
He is considered to be an important representative of French pictorialism. A member of the Société française de photographie from 1896, he experimented with color photography at the advent of "Autochrome Lumière" (1907). He specialized in photographing nudes. In the field of orchidology, with Edmond Gustave Camus and Aimée Antoinette Camus, he was co-author of Monographie des orchidées de l'Europe: de l'Afrique septentrionale, de l'Asie Mineure et des provinces Russes transcaspiennes ("Monograph of orchids from Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor and the Russian Trans-Caspian provinces", 1908). His monograph on the diatom genus Entogonia was later translated into English and published with the title "Diatomaceae: Bergon's monograph on Entogonia: translation into English of descriptions of species and varieties". In 1906 he became a member of the Société botanique de France. The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Thore for 1909. • Illustration — "Etude de plein air"
Paul Bergon studied at Lycée Condorcet. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is botany. Residence is recorded at France. Works named in the authority record are Le Nu et le Drapé en Plein Air. Work by Paul Bergon is recorded in the collections of J. Paul Getty Museum.
• "Danse d'Espagne", 1895 • "Danse javanaise", 1895 • "Femme nue dans la nature" • "Femme drapée dans un paysage" • "Nu allongé" • "Art photographique: le nu et le drapé en plein air", 1898.
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