Study
Maker
Le Bègue, René
French, 1857-1914
DateOctober 1906
MediumGum halftone
Dimensionsimage: 8 7/8 in x 5 13/16 in; mat: 12 in x 8 1/8 in; paper: 9 in x 6 in
Credit LineGift of Richard Templeton
Object number1982:104
About the ArtistRené Le Bègue was a French pictorialist photographer best known for his nudes. He was active in photography circles in Paris during the last two decades of the 19th century and into the 20th century. In 1988, he became a founding member of the Photo-Club de Paris, and in 1894, Le Bègue was invited to join the Linked Ring Brotherhood, an organization based in London that was pivotal in establishing pictorial photography as an international aesthetic movement.
