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Charles Nègre

Charles Nègre

Artist

WA-00028670

PaintingPhotography

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

95

Works in Collection

129

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Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1065673 ULAN500015868

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984–1985

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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Portrait Photographs

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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The Photographer's Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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Photography 1839�1937

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1937

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4254
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Charles Nègre was a French photographer and painter active in the mid-19th century. He worked primarily in calotype and salt print processes, documenting architectural monuments, street scenes, and labor across France and the Mediterranean. His photographs demonstrate a systematic attention to light and composition that elevated documentary practice toward formal refinement. Nègre's body of work bridges the technical innovations of early photography with a painter's sensibility for tonal gradation and spatial arrangement.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (95)

The Pope's Palace, Avignon

The Pope's Palace, Avignon

1946 · Albumen print

Image: 33.4 × 24 cm (13 3/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 28 cm (14 × 11 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Lord Brougham and his Family, Cannes]

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 24.8 x 34 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Street in Sainte-Agnès near Roquebrune

A Street in Sainte-Agnès near Roquebrune

1860 · Albumen print

Image/paper: 17.3 × 23.8 cm (6 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[Trees and Waterfalls]

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 13.3 x 10; Mount: 18.9 x 15.6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Trees and Waterfalls]

[Trees and Waterfalls]

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 13.3 x 10; Mount: 18.9 x 15.6

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue des Tuileries: G. Marsy et A. Flamen: Borée enlevant Orythie

Statue des Tuileries: G. Marsy et A. Flamen: Borée enlevant Orythie

1859 · albumen print

image: 43.6 x 35 cm (17 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 44.7 x 36.4 cm (17 5/8 x 14 5/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Asile Impérial de Vincennes: la Lingerie

Asile Impérial de Vincennes: la Lingerie

1859 · albumen print

image/sheet: 17.1 × 17.1 cm (6 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.) mount: 21 × 22.2 cm (8 1/4 × 8 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Asile Impérial de Vincennes: le 15 Août, le Salut à l'Empereur

Asile Impérial de Vincennes: le 15 Août, le Salut à l'Empereur

1859 · albumen print

image/sheet: 32.4 × 44.1 cm (12 3/4 × 17 3/8 in.) mount: 47 × 61.6 cm (18 1/2 × 24 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Spartan Soldier

1859 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 35.3 x 43.5 cm (13 7/8 x 17 1/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spartacus, Tuileries Gardens, Paris

Spartacus, Tuileries Gardens, Paris

1859 · Albumen silver print from a wet-collodion glass negative

16 15/16 × 11 1/4" (43.1 × 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Asile impériale de Vincennes, vue de Charenton

1858 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 7 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (17.9 × 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Asile impérial de Vincennes, salle de jeu

1858 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 8 3/4 × 7 3/16 in. (22.3 × 18.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Asile impériale de Vincennes: la bibliothèque

1858 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 9 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (23.2 × 17.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Asile Impériale de Vincennes, la pharmacie

1858 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 17 x 17 cm (6 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.), circular

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

1858 · Salted paper print from glass negative

34.2 x 42.5 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reading Room, Imperial Asylum, Vincennes

Reading Room, Imperial Asylum, Vincennes

1858 · Salted paper print

8 3/4 × 7 3/16" (22.3 × 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Imperial Asylum, Vincennes: The Laundry

Imperial Asylum, Vincennes: The Laundry

1858 · Salted paper print

diameter 6 3/4" (17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes

1858 · Salted paper print from glass negative

34.2 x 42.5 cm (13 7/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Asile impériale de Vincennes, vue de Charenton

Asile impériale de Vincennes, vue de Charenton

1858 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 7 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (17.9 × 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chartres Cathedral. Right Door of the Royal Portal, West Side, XII Century

Chartres Cathedral. Right Door of the Royal Portal, West Side, XII Century

1857 · photogravure

sheet: 93.35 x 67.95 cm (36 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.) image: 72.2 x 47.9 cm (28 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Cathedrale de Chartres

Cathedrale de Chartres

1857 · Photogravure

80 × 60 cm (31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Le bucheron

1857 · Photogravure, from the portfolio Charles Negre: Treize Heliogravures, 1854–1857

12.5 × 11 cm (4 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

[The 15th of August. Imperial Asylum at Vincennes]

1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 32.3 x 44.2 cm (12 11/16 x 17 3/8 in.), oval

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Still Life with Game Birds]

1857 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 43.8 x 34.9 cm (17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

95 published of 127 catalogued · 97 with image

MoMA
32 publishedof 64 catalogued53 img
The Met
26 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
20 published20 img
Nga
10 published10 img
Rijksmuseum
7 published7 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Gezicht op de Seine, met de nieuwe Pont d'Arcole in aanbouw, Parijs
1855 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portaal van de kathedraal van Chartres
1854 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Zijaanzicht van de kathedraal van Chartres
1854 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Mme Ernest Feydeau
1850 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Construction du nouveau pont d'arcole - la samaritaine
1855 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Reliëf aan het portaal van de kathedraal van Chartres
1854 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Bas-reliëf aan de kerk van Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
1852 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

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The Refectory of the Imperial Asylum at Vincennes (Met Museum)

Met Museum

Relationships

7

Movements1

Collections6

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art Phillips

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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