Lot Essay
Le Gray conjuguait ses ambitions artistiques avec la gestion d’un studio commercial de portraits et d’un important atelier de tirage, tout en demeurant actif dans ses recherches, ses écrits et son enseignement. Dans la seconde moitié des années 1850, il réalisa une série impressionnante d’édifices achevés ou restaurés qui témoignent de ce qu'était alors le nouveau visage de Paris. Cet ensemble comprend des images de l'architecture ancienne et moderne, parmi lesquelles le nouveau Louvre ou la tour Saint-Jacques, mais aussi de magnifiques panoramas de la ville, notamment des vues sur la Seine qui définissent la grandeur et l’élégance du fleuve. Le Gray photographie, depuis le pont des Arts, le pont du Carrousel, construit de 1831 à 1834 par l’ingénieur Camille Polonceau. Ces œuvres occupent une place d’honneur dans la collection Therond.
Le Gray combined his artistic ambitions with the management of a commercial portrait studio and a major printing workshop, while remaining actively engaged in his research, writing, and teaching. During the second half of the 1850s, he produced an impressive series of completed or newly restored buildings that bear witness to what was then the changing face of Paris. This body of work includes images of both historic and modern architecture, among them the new Louvre and the Tour Saint-Jacques, as well as magnificent panoramas of the city, notably views of the Seine that define the grandeur and elegance of the river. From the Pont des Arts, Le Gray photographed the Pont du Carrousel, built between 1831 and 1834 by the engineer Camille Polonceau. These works occupy a place of honor within the Therond Collection.
Le Gray combined his artistic ambitions with the management of a commercial portrait studio and a major printing workshop, while remaining actively engaged in his research, writing, and teaching. During the second half of the 1850s, he produced an impressive series of completed or newly restored buildings that bear witness to what was then the changing face of Paris. This body of work includes images of both historic and modern architecture, among them the new Louvre and the Tour Saint-Jacques, as well as magnificent panoramas of the city, notably views of the Seine that define the grandeur and elegance of the river. From the Pont des Arts, Le Gray photographed the Pont du Carrousel, built between 1831 and 1834 by the engineer Camille Polonceau. These works occupy a place of honor within the Therond Collection.
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