Colonade to Foreign Arts Building at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition, taken by Bruguière
Francis Bruguière was born in San Francisco, California, to Emile Antoine Bruguière (1849–1900) and Josephine Frederikke (Sather) Bruguière (1845–1915). He was the youngest of four sons born into a wealthy banking family and was privately educated. His brothers were painter and physician Peder Sather Bruguière (1874–1967), Emile Antoine Bruguiere Jr. (1877–1935), and Louis Sather Bruguière (1882–1954), who married wealthy heiress Margaret Post Van Alen. He was also a grandson of banker Peder Sather. His mother died in the 1915 sinking of the British ocean liner SS Arabic by a German submarine.[3]
In 1905, having studied painting in Europe, Bruguière became acquainted with photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz (who accepted him as a Fellow of the Photo-secession), and set up a studio in San Francisco, recording in a pictorialist style images of the city after the earthquake and fire; some of them were reproduced in a book called San Francisco in 1918. He co-curated the photographic exhibition at the 1915 Panama–California Exposition in San Diego, and nine of his photographs were included in The Evanescent City (1916) by George Sterling.
In 1918, following the decline of the family fortune, he moved to New York City where he made his living by photographing for Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar. Soon he was appointed the official photographer of the New York Theatre Guild. In this role he photographed the British stage actress Rosalinde Fuller, who was debuting in What's in a Name? (1920), and she partnered him for the rest of his life.
Throughout his life, Bruguière experimented with multiple-exposure, solarization (years ahead of Man Ray), original processes, abstracts, photograms, and the response of commercially available film to light of various wavelengths. Until his one-man show at the Art Centre of New York in 1927, he showed this work only to friends. In the mid-1920s, he planned to make a film called The Way, depicting stages in a man's life, to be played by Sebastian Droste with Rosalinde doing all the female parts. To obtain funding, Bruguière took photographs of projected scenes, but Droste died before filming started; so we are left with only the still pictures.
In 1927 they moved to London, where Bruguière co-created the first British abstract film, Light Rhythms, with Oswell Blakeston. Long thought to have been lost, it has now been recovered. During World War II, he returned to painting.[4][5]
Referencesedit
^Del Zogg (August 2000). . George Eastman House. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^Del Zogg (8 February 2013). "The Photographs of Francis J. Bruguiere". George Eastman House. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^"Biography – Peder Bumcheeeeeeeeeek". askart.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^"Francis Bruguière, American Photographer & Author". The J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^Jill Alikas St. Thomas. . Museum of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
Other sourcesedit
Enyeart, James (1977) Bruguière: His Photographs and His Life (New York: Alfred A. Knopf)
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francis, bruguière, francis, joseph, bruguière, october, 1879, 1945, american, photographer, francis, joseph, bruguièrelight, abstraction, 1925born15, october, 1879san, francisco, california, usdied8, 1945, middleton, cheney, englandoccupation, experimental, p. Francis Joseph Bruguiere 15 October 1879 8 May 1945 was an American photographer 1 2 Francis Joseph BruguiereLight Abstraction 1925Born15 October 1879San Francisco California USDied8 May 1945 65 Middleton Cheney EnglandOccupation s Experimental photographer painter and sculptorPartnerRosalinde Fuller actor 1892 1982 Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 Other sources 4 External linksBiography edit nbsp Colonade to Foreign Arts Building at the 1915 Panama California Exposition taken by BruguiereFrancis Bruguiere was born in San Francisco California to Emile Antoine Bruguiere 1849 1900 and Josephine Frederikke Sather Bruguiere 1845 1915 He was the youngest of four sons born into a wealthy banking family and was privately educated His brothers were painter and physician Peder Sather Bruguiere 1874 1967 Emile Antoine Bruguiere Jr 1877 1935 and Louis Sather Bruguiere 1882 1954 who married wealthy heiress Margaret Post Van Alen He was also a grandson of banker Peder Sather His mother died in the 1915 sinking of the British ocean liner SS Arabic by a German submarine 3 In 1905 having studied painting in Europe Bruguiere became acquainted with photographer and modern art promoter Alfred Stieglitz who accepted him as a Fellow of the Photo secession and set up a studio in San Francisco recording in a pictorialist style images of the city after the earthquake and fire some of them were reproduced in a book called San Francisco in 1918 He co curated the photographic exhibition at the 1915 Panama California Exposition in San Diego and nine of his photographs were included in The Evanescent City 1916 by George Sterling In 1918 following the decline of the family fortune he moved to New York City where he made his living by photographing for Vanity Fair Vogue and Harper s Bazaar Soon he was appointed the official photographer of the New York Theatre Guild In this role he photographed the British stage actress Rosalinde Fuller who was debuting in What s in a Name 1920 and she partnered him for the rest of his life Throughout his life Bruguiere experimented with multiple exposure solarization years ahead of Man Ray original processes abstracts photograms and the response of commercially available film to light of various wavelengths Until his one man show at the Art Centre of New York in 1927 he showed this work only to friends In the mid 1920s he planned to make a film called The Way depicting stages in a man s life to be played by Sebastian Droste with Rosalinde doing all the female parts To obtain funding Bruguiere took photographs of projected scenes but Droste died before filming started so we are left with only the still pictures In 1927 they moved to London where Bruguiere co created the first British abstract film Light Rhythms with Oswell Blakeston Long thought to have been lost it has now been recovered During World War II he returned to painting 4 5 References edit Del Zogg August 2000 Francis Bruguiere George Eastman House Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 20 August 2015 Del Zogg 8 February 2013 The Photographs of Francis J Bruguiere George Eastman House Retrieved 20 August 2015 Biography Peder Bumcheeeeeeeeeek askart com Retrieved 20 August 2015 Francis Bruguiere American Photographer amp Author The J Paul Getty Museum Retrieved 20 August 2015 Jill Alikas St Thomas Francis Bruguiere American 1879 1945 Museum of New Mexico Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 Retrieved 20 August 2015 Other sources editEnyeart James 1977 Bruguiere His Photographs and His Life New York Alfred A Knopf External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francis Bruguiere Bruguiere Still Photograph Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis Bruguiere amp oldid 1182793289, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
