Paul Dujardin
French engraver and photographer
About Paul Dujardin
Lived 1843 – 1913 (aged 69–70). Paul Dujardin was a French scientific illustrator, photographer and rotogravurist.
Paul Rodolphe Joseph Dujardin (; 13 June 1843 in Lille – 7 November 1913 in Paris) was a French engraver and photographer.
Biography Son of Pierre-Antoine Dujardin, a doctor, he moved to Paris in 1875 to join his brother, Gustave Alexandre, who owned a photography studio. He specialized in plates, produced by rotogravure, and done in intaglio; taken from photographs.
He participated in the Exposition Universelle of 1878, where he presented earthenware, fabrics, and niellowork; made with a rotogravure process of his own devising. Later that year, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor. In 1879, he became a member of the Société française de photographie.
His store was on the , with a branch on the . He was also involved in making electrical accumulators and, together with his brothers, created "P. R. J. Dujardin et Cie". In 1890, he rented a turbine power plant on the Risle in Pont-Authou. His brother, Albert Désiré, was a builder of steam engines, and President of the Société française de photogravure, in 1900.
Publications La Normandie monumentale et pittoresque, édifices publics, églises, châteaux, manoirs, etc., photographs by Émile-André Letellier and others, rotogravures by Paul Dujardin. Éditions Lemasle et Cie, Le Havre, 1893-1899, five volumes : Seine-Inférieure (1893), Calvados (1895), Eure (1896), Orne (1896) and Manche (1899)
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Who was Paul Dujardin?
French engraver and photographer (1843–1913)
When was Paul Dujardin born?
Paul Dujardin was born on 13 June 1843 in Lille, rue de Béthune.
When did Paul Dujardin die?
Paul Dujardin died in 1913 in Paris, rue des Plantes.
What was Paul Dujardin's occupation?
Paul Dujardin was a scientific illustrator, photographer and rotogravurist.
What nationality was Paul Dujardin?
Paul Dujardin was French.
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