Artist: Desire Charnay (1828 - 1915)
Nationality: French
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
After teaching in New Orleans, Claude-Joseph Desire Charnay began a nomadic lifestyle, traveling throughout France, and the United States initially. In 1857, he visited Mexico where he was inspired to photograph the pre-Columbian ruins. Charnay spent three months on an island in Madagascar writing and taking photographs for the a French imperialist expedition. He published a description of that trip with engraved illustrations that were derived from his photographs. He later returned to Mexico and then toured South America, Indonesia and Australia taking photographs of the native populations.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Women of Madagascar
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Aristide Maillol - Desire 1906-1908 tinted plaster The Museum of Modern Art French
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Desire Charnay, French, 1828-1915 Uxmal. Palais du Gouverneur 1858-61 Photograph, albumen print Image: 43.5 x
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She Was Often Gripped with the Desire to Be Elsewhere, Marcia Resnick (United States, born 1950) , 1978, Gelatin-silver print
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Untitled (’Pure Desire’), Michelle Stuart (United States, born 1940) , 1985, Etching
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Tree
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Esoteric Cosmos (Burning Desire), Mariko Mori (born 1967) , 1996-1998, Glass with photo interlayer
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Brook in the Forest Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 19 7/8 x 24
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Portait of Louis-Philippe, Jean-Baptiste Desire Troivaux (France, 1788 - 1860)  (Artist), 1831, Miniature: opaque watercolor on ivory
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Arbre abattu (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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The Sea, 1873 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x
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Claude Mellan Allegory of intelligence, memory and desire ~After Simon Vouet Engraving 1625
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Jardin en automne (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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The Fishing Boat, 1865 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 25 1/2 x 32 in.
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Desire for peace, Julius Kaufmann (Germany, Altkirch, born 1885) , circa 1918, Woodcut on wove paper
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The Young Bather, 1866 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 51 1/4 x 38 1/4
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Apples Style of Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th century)Oil on canvas; 13 x 17
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
A Brook in a Clearing, 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 20 3/4 x
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Portrait of a Man, probably ca. 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 16 1/4
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Nature morte (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Four à chaux (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madame de Brayer, 1858 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 36 x 28 5/8 in.
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La chasse aux canards (1864) by CHARNAY Armand
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La chasse aux canards (1864) by CHARNAY Armand
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La chasse aux canards (1864) by CHARNAY Armand
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La chasse aux canards (1864) by CHARNAY Armand
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The Source, 1862 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 47 1/4 x 29 1/4 in.
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Les iris (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Fontainebleau (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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The Woman in the Waves, 1868 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 25 3/4 x
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paysage d'automne (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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paysage aux chrysanthèmes (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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La traversée des chasseurs (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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The Deer, ca. 1865 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 29 3/8 x 36 3/8
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Sea of Desire, Ed Hamilton (United States, born 1941) , 1984, Lithograph
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph on Arches 88 paper
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The Calm Sea, 1869 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 23 1/2 x 28 3/4
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Loches - vu de Beaulieu (1886) by CHARNAY Armand
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Paysage avec paysanne et son troupeau de vaches (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Spring Flowers, ca. 1855-60 Copy after Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th century)Oil on canvas;
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Portrait of a Woman, Called Héloïse Abélard Style of Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, second half 19th
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Monsieur Suisse, 1861 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x 19 3/8 in.
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Les chrysanthèmes (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Allée bordée de chrysanthèmes (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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La plaine verte (1864) by CHARNAY Armand
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Jeune fille au chevreau (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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La pêche (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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La pêche (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and screenprint on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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This Desire, Beloved and Despised, Continues Regardless, Lari Pittman (United States, California, Glendale, born 1952) , 1989, Lithograph and silkscreen on Arches 88 paper
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Personnages dans une barque (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Personnages dans une barque (2e moitié 19e siècle ; 1er quart 20e siècle) by CHARNAY Armand
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Croix monumentale dans un paysage (1870) by CHARNAY Armand

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