Félix Thiollier

Félix Thiollier (28 June 1842, Saint Étienne – 12 May 1914, Saint Étienne)[1] was a French industrialist, writer, art collector and photographer.

Félix Thiollier (ca. 1900)

His father, Claude Auguste, was a ribbon maker. In 1857, he started a ribbon company in Saint Étienne. At age 37 he retired and pursued his interests in art, archeology and photography. His photography was influenced by the work of Camille Corot and he befriended François-Auguste Ravier, Paul Borel, Jean-Paul Laurens[2][3] and François Guiguet.

In 1870, he married Gabrielle Testenoire-Lafayette. They had five children.

  • Landscape with Ruin, c. 1870
    Landscape with Ruin, c. 1870
  • Notre Dame de Paris, c. 1900
    Notre Dame de Paris, c. 1900
  • Thiollier's daughter Emma [fr], a sculptor and painter, working at Notre Dame (1907).
    Thiollier's daughter Emma, a sculptor and painter, working at Notre Dame (1907).

Notes and references
  1. "Pages de données". Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. "Musée d'Orsay, Félix Thiollier". Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  3. "Felix Thiollier: Turn-of-the-Century French Photographer Rediscovered". Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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