Adolphe Dubreuil

Place: Lima

Born: 1844

Biography:

Adolfo Dubreuil, also known as Adolphe Dubreuil, was a Peruvian photographer born in Lima in 1844. He was the son of Francisco Adolfo Dubreuil and Emilia Philippe, and carried out works together with his brother Philippe. Dubreuil's recognition first came in 1896, when his Sombre Clarté ('Dark Clarity') was shown. He became a member of the Lille Photographic Society in 1891, where he met Robert Pauli who initiated him to the carbon and platinum printing techniques. Dubreuil's work was shown at the Photo-Club de Paris, the Albright Gallery exhibition in Buffalo, New York, the Little Gallery of the Amateur Photography Magazine in London, and the Royal Photographic Society. In 1988, more than forty years after Dubreuil's death, photographer and collector Tom Jacobson revived interest in his work, seeking out long-forgotten and displaced works that culminated in an exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (October 28, 1987 – January 5, 1988).