Charles Gaudin (18. März 1825–1905?) war ein französischer Fotograf und Fotografienhändler.
Im Jahr 1861 wurde Charles Gaudin, ein Pariser Händler für Stereobilder, alleiniger Vertreter der London Stereoscopic Company in Frankreich.[1]
Jules Duboscq konstruierte eines der ersten in Serie produzierten Stereoskope und ließ es sich am 16. Februar 1852 patentieren. Anschließend ließ er unter Berufung auf sein Patent die Instrumente und Stereobilder seiner Pariser Konkurrenz beschlagnahmen, darunter die von Charles Soulier und die des Fotoateliers der Brüder Gaudin (Marc Antoine Augustin, Alexis und Charles Gaudin).
Mit seinem jüngeren Bruder Alexis befasste Marc Antoine Augustin Gaudin sich mit Fotografie und Stereoskopie. Er selbst war überwiegend wissenschaftlich tätig, sein Bruder befasste sich damit geschäftlich, hatte einen Fotoladen und gab 1851 bis 1867 die Zeitschrift „La Lumière“ heraus. Auch der dritte Bruder, Charles, war im Fotogeschäft.
Rohstoffe und Quellen
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BearbeitenCharles Gaudin
Charles Jacques Emmanuel Gaudin (March 18, 1825 – March 7, 1905) was born in a family of a cognac merchant.
He was a younger brother of Marc-Antoine Gaudin and Alexis Gaudin.
He first came to Paris in mid 1840-ies to work at the establishment of his brother Alexis and was in charge of making daguerreotype plates. He soon (presumably around 1846) founded his own daguerreotype establishment with Antoine François Gustave Orengo which lasted for about a year. In 1851 Charles was again employed by his brother Alexis in his daguerreotype business.
Charles got interested in the stereoscope soon after its invention by Brewster. He patented an improved stereoscope of his own design in 1854. In 1855 he and Alexis formed a company under the name “Alexis Gaudin et frère”.
The company was created for the term of 6 years and in the beginning of 1861 Charles opened an enterprise under his own name initially at no. 117, Boulevard de Sėbastopol, and then at no. 131 on the same street. Already in 1861 his company became a sole distributor for the London Stereoscopic Company. The same year he also struck a deal to exclusively print photographs from the clichés of James Eliott. Although stereoscopes and stereographs were the main occupation of the firm, it also dealt in carte-de-visite, albums, frames, photographic chemistry and other goods related to the field of photography.
In September 1864 Charles bought the business of Alexis Gaudin including the magazine La Lumiere and settled at rue de la Perle, 9. The same year he agreed to exclusively distribute the photographs of William England in Europe. In July 1865 Charles acquired the collection of one of the major stereograph manufacturers Pierre-Henri-Amand Lefort (at the time managed by Paul Nicolas Deverdun, the son-in-law of Lefort). In 1867 Charles took part in the Paris Industrial Exhibition. In August of 1869 Charles published a new collection of views of the Palestine.
In March 1872, soon after the end of the Franco-Prussian war and the fall of the Paris Commune, a court in Paris ordered liquidation of the business. Charles was able to sign an agreement with his creditors for a postponement of payments, but lasted for only about a year, before a court finally ordered the liquidation of his business in October 1873. Criminal proceedings were started against the owner and Charles fled to London. After bankruptcy, the business was taken over by one of his employees, Leopold Levy, who practiced at the same address, 9, rue de la Perle until bankruptcy in November 1880.
As for Charles, he reappeared in London in 1874 as a practicing photographer for a couple of years. He probably continued to live in Britain for another 15 years under the name of Belcour. Towards 1890 he returned to France. Charles Gaudin died on the 7th of March, 1905.
Quelle: Kirill Kuzmichev, „Charles Gaudin“, in: „The Third Dimension: History of stereoscopic views“, 2018, https://www.stereoview.me/charles-gaudin
Le stéréopôle – images stereoscopiques
BearbeitenGaudin Charles: his stereoscopic views
Charles Gaudin was born in Saintes on March 18, 1825. Younger brother of Marc Antoine and Alexis Gaudin, Charles moved to Paris in 1846 probably under the impetus of Alexis. Shortly after moving to the capital, Alexis Gaudin entrusted him with the management of his daguerreotype items and accessories store at 76 rue de la Vieille-du-Temple in the Marais district. Shortly after, in 1847, Charles left his brother's business to join forces with Antoine François Gustave Orengo; together they open a store of daguerreotype and other fancy items. Once again the collaboration quickly stops.
In January 1855, Charles Gaudin joined forces with his brother Alexis for six years: the house became Alexis Gaudin and brother. Parallel to his main activity which consists in developing the family business, Charles sometimes writes a few articles for the newspaper La Lumière. The same year, the two brothers set up a branch in London (at 67 Newgate Street and shortly after at 26 Skinner Street, Snow Hill). But on November 10, 1860, the Alexis Gaudin and Brother Society was dissolved and in 1861 Charles Gaudin opened a photography shop alone at 117, then at 131, Boulevard de Sébastopol.
In September 1864, Charles Gaudin bought Alexis' business and took over the management of the Journal La Lumière until March 30, 1867, the date of the last publication of the newspaper, which disappeared completely without solid explanation. In 1864, Charles Gaudin became the sole distributor of William England's views in France. In 1865, he bought the fund of the optician Henri Lefort and between 1867 and 1868, he opened a depot at the Magasins Réunis. Unfortunately, faced with increasingly formidable competition, Charles Gaudin continued to take financial trouble and accumulated more and more substantial losses. Finally, he filed for bankruptcy in 1872 and ceased all commercial activity in France in 1873.
https://imagestereoscopiques.com/en/g-2/g-g-gaudin-charles/
Luminous Lint
BearbeitenNames: Other: CG Other: ChG Dates: 1825 - 1905 Active: France / Egypt
Stereo photographer, active in Egypt.
Stereographs project
Business locations
Paris, France
- Major early publisher; used blindstamp. Was Alexis Gaudin's brother. Sometimes used imprints of CG, ChG.
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the World (Non-USA), (National Stereoscopic Association)
http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Charles__Gaudin/
https://www.academia.edu/23363210/Glass_Transparencies_Marketing_Photographys_Luminosity_and_Precision Glass Transparencies: Marketing Photography's Luminosity and Precision
Literatur und Quellen
Bearbeiten- Denis Pellerin: Gaudin frères. Pionniers de la photographie, 1839–1872, Chalons-sur-Saône, Société des amis du musée Nicéphore-Niépce, 1997
Weblinks / Wikipedia-Artikel, in denen »Charles Gaudin« verkinkt werden sollte
BearbeitenEinzelnachweise
Bearbeiten- ↑ Kirill Kuzmichev, „The London Stereoscopic Company“, in: „The Third Dimension: History of stereoscopic views“, 2018, https://www.stereoview.me/london-stereoscopic-company