Artist: Desire Charnay (1828 - 1915)
Nationality: French
Movement:
Media: Photography
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Biography:
After teaching in New Orleans, Claude-Joseph Desire Charnay began a nomadic lifestyle, traveling throughout France, and the United States initially. In 1857, he visited Mexico where he was inspired to photograph the pre-Columbian ruins. Charnay spent three months on an island in Madagascar writing and taking photographs for the a French imperialist expedition. He published a description of that trip with engraved illustrations that were derived from his photographs. He later returned to Mexico and then toured South America, Indonesia and Australia taking photographs of the native populations.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Women of Madagascar
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Desire Charnay, French, 1828-1915 Uxmal. Palais du Gouverneur 1858-61 Photograph, albumen print Image: 43.5 x
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Aristide Maillol - Desire 1906-1908 tinted plaster The Museum of Modern Art French
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Armand Charnay - Park of Sansac (Indre-et-Loire) 1885 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Tree
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A Brook in the Forest Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 19 7/8 x 24
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The Sea, 1873 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x
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Claude Mellan Allegory of intelligence, memory and desire ~After Simon Vouet Engraving 1625
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The Fishing Boat, 1865 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x 32 in.
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The Young Bather, 1866 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 51 1/4 x 38 1/4
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Apples Style of Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th century)Oil on canvas; 13 x 17
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A Brook in a Clearing, 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 20 3/4 x
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Portrait of a Man, probably ca. 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 16 1/4
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Madame de Brayer, 1858 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 36 x 28 5/8 in.
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The Source, 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 47 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.
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The Woman in the Waves, 1868 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 25 3/4 x
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The Deer, ca. 1865 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 29 3/8 x 36 3/8
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The Calm Sea, 1869 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 23 1/2 x 28 3/4
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Spring Flowers, ca. 1855-60 Copy after Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th century)Oil on canvas;
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Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Style of Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th
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Monsieur Suisse, 1861 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.
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Marine: The Waterspout, 1870 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 27 1/8 x 39 1/4
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After the Hunt, probably ca. 1859 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 93 x 73
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The Source of the Loue, 1864 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 39 1/4 x
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Woman in a Riding Habit (L"Amazone), 1857 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 45 1/2
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Paul Gavarni Le Carnaval a Paris: On desire, ceder Monsieur, avec tous les avantages y attaches Sadresser a Monsieur lithograph 19th century
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The Hidden Brook, ca. 1873-77 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 23 3/8 x 29
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View of Ornans, probably mid-1850s Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 28 3/4 x 36
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Alphonse Promayet (1822-1872), 1851 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 42 1/8 x 27 5/8
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Woman with a Parrot, 1866 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 51 x 77 in.
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Nude with Flowering Branch, 1863 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 29 1/2 x 24
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - In the Forest 1859 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Marine 1866 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Landscape 19th century oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - The Pool c. 1870-1880 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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River and Rocks, 1873-77 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 19 5/8 x 23 7/8
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Young Women from the Village, 1852 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 76 3/4 x
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Jo, La Belle Irlandaise (Johanna Hiffernan, born 1842-43), 1866 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas;
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Madame Auguste Cuoq (Mathilde Desportes, l827–1910), 1867 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 69 1/2
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Louis Gueymard (1822-1880) as Robert le Diable, 1857 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 58
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - The Diligence in the Snow 1860 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Beach Scene 1874 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare, 1867 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 36 1/2 x
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Still Life with Apples and a Pomegranate 1871-1872 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Editor Louis Désiré Blanquart-Evrard, French, 1802-1872 Etudes photographiques, 1er Série #43 Photograph, salt print from
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Self Portrait (L'homme a la Ceinture de Cuir) 1845-1850 oil on millboard The National Gallery, London French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Apples, Pears, and Primroses on a Table 1871-72 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Cliffs at Etretat, la Porte d'Aval 1869 Oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Stream of the Puits-Noir at Ornans 1868 Oil on Canvas Norton Simon Museum French
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Jean-Desire-Gustave Courbet - Young Ladies on the Bank of the Seine before 1857 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Studio of Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877 Wooded Hillside in Winter Oil on canvas
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Paul Desire Trouillebert - Construction of an Elevated Railway: Bridge over the Cours de Vincennes 1888 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877 Stream in the Forest about 1862 Oil on canvas
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Marcel Duchamp
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Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet, French, 1819-1877 The Quarry (La Curée) 1856 Oil on canvas 210.2
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Pope Clement VII
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White House Garage, New York
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Edgar Degas Musicians in the Orchestra (Portrait of Desire Dihau) oil on canvas circa 1870
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La Priére (Prayer)
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Landscape with the Education of Bacchus
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Henry Hamilton Bennett with his Family
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Mademoiselle Marie Dihau (1843-1935), 1867-68 Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)Oil on canvas; 8 3/4 x 10
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Visita Kennedy, Avenida 20 Noviembre
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Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, 1866 Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)Oil on canvas; 28 3/4
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Artist: Abraham Mignon Title: Still Life with Fruits, Foliage and Insects Date: n.d. Medium: oil
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William Anne Hollis
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Eynard and Mme Eynard
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Guillaume Budé (1467-1540), ca. 1536 Jean Clouet (French, active by 1516, died 1540-41)Oil on wood;
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Taddeo Drawing by Moonlight
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An Allegory of Passion
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Venus Reclining
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Goblet, 1788 Made by New Bremen Glass Manufactory, New Bremen, Frederick County, Maryland (1787-1795)American; Made
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Female dancer, Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.–A.D. 9), 2nd century B.C. ChinaEarthenware with slip and
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Diviner"s Figures, 19th–20th century; Baule Baule peoples; Côte d"IvoireWood, pigment, beads, iron; H. 21 13/16
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Pat Steir Working proof 3 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint printed in red 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 1 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire etching, aquatint and spit bite 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 15 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite etching and etching printed in red 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 2 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Etching, aquatint, and spit bite aquatint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 1 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint, etching and aquatint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 18 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color soft ground etching and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 17 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, aquatint, and spit bite aquatint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 17 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint reversal printed in yellow 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 16 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint and etching printed in blue 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 1 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Etching, aquatint and drypoint with black crayon additions by the artist 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 14 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Etching, aquatint, sugar lift aquatint and drypoint printed in red ink 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 5 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color spit bite aquatint, etching, soft ground etching, aquatint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 13 for panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint and drypoint printed in red 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 3 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint, aquatint and etching 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 14 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 3 for panel C Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, sugar lift aquatint, colored pencil and (red paint) 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 12 for panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Spit bite aquatint, sugar lift aquatint and drypoint printed in yellow 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 2 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, aquating and sugar lift aquatint; printed in black and blue 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 4 for panel A of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, aquatint, sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint and drypoint. 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 5 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, spit bite etching, aquatint, soft ground etching, and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 4 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, spit bite etching, soft ground etching, aquatint, and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 4 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint, aquatint , etching and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 5 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint, aquatint , etching and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 6 for panel C of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color etching, soft ground etching, spit bite aquatint, aquatint, and drypoint 1981
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Pat Steir Working proof 2 for Panel B of Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color sugar lift aquatint, spit bite aquatint, aquatint and etching, in gold and black 1981
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Pat Steir Abstraction, Belief, Desire Color aquatint, hard ground etching, soft ground etching, spit bite aquatint, and drypoint on Arches 88 paper 1981

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