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Braun, Adolphe
(1811-1877)Flower study

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Flower study. Ca. 1855. Varnished salted paper print, mounted to card. 37 x 44,5 cm (mount 45 x 54,5 cm).

Originally trained as a textile designer, Adolphe Braun turned to photography in 1853, initially producing detailed studies of flowers for his publication Fleurs photographiées, conceived as source material for wallpaper and fabric designs. The project was an immediate success, earning Braun a medal at the 1855 Exposition Universelle in Paris, and an album of the photographs was presented to Empress Eugénie. By the early 1860s, Braun had expanded his practice to include topographical views throughout Europe and, soon after, large-scale photographic reproductions of works of art, establishing his firm as one of the most important and prolific photographic publishing enterprises of the 19th century.