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Tournachon Adrien Collection

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Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Vache Garonnaise, agee de 5 a6 ans, 1856. Creator: Adrien Alban Tournachon

Vache Garonnaise, agee de 5 a6 ans, 1856. Creator: Adrien Alban Tournachon
Vache Garonnaise, agee de 5 a 6 ans, 1856

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze

Figure 26: Expression of painful attention and attention, attentive gaze. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 53: Whimpering and false laughter, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 53: Whimpering and false laughter, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 39: The attention attracted by an object that provokes lascivious

Figure 39: The attention attracted by an object that provokes lascivious ideas and desires. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 9: A study of m. frontalis in maximum contraction, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 9: A study of m. frontalis in maximum contraction, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 15: Meditation, mental concentration, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 15: Meditation, mental concentration, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 27: Expression proportionally more pained, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 27: Expression proportionally more pained, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 81: Lady Macbeth, moderate expression of cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 81: Lady Macbeth, moderate expression of cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 42: Gaiety expressed by the ideas of lustfulness, cynicism, and le

Figure 42: Gaiety expressed by the ideas of lustfulness, cynicism, and lewdness. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 10: Showing the expressive lines of m. frontalis in a young girl, 1854-56

Figure 10: Showing the expressive lines of m. frontalis in a young girl, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and i

Figure 55: Astonishment badly rendered by the subject: a ridiculous and inane expression. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 21: Painful recollection and recollection or calling something to

Figure 21: Painful recollection and recollection or calling something to mind, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 71: Same head as in Plate 70, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 71: Same head as in Plate 70, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne, Adrien Alban Tournachon
Figure 71: Same head as in Plate 70, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 57: Astonishment, stupefaction, amazement, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 73: Head of Niobe, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 73: Head of Niobe, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 73: Head of Niobe, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by t

Figure 12: A study of the contraction of and the expression produced by the superior part of m. orbicularis oculi, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 47: A suggestion of this same weeping, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 47: A suggestion of this same weeping, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 56: Surprise, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 56: Surprise, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 56: Surprise, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 63: Expression of terror, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 63: Expression of terror, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 63: Expression of terror, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 34: Grimace, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 34: Grimace, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 34: Grimace, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 4: The face in repose of a young man, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 4: The face in repose of a young man, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 3: The face of an old man... photographed in repose. 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 3: The face of an old man... photographed in repose. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 83: Lady Macbeth, ferocious cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 82: Lady Macbeth, strong expression of cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 82: Lady Macbeth, strong expression of cruelty, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 8: Contraction of the right m. frontalis. 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 8: Contraction of the right m. frontalis. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 24: Extreme pain to the point of exhaustion, the head of Christ an

Figure 24: Extreme pain to the point of exhaustion, the head of Christ and memory of love or ecstatic gaze. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Icono-photographique. Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine. Fig

Icono-photographique. Mecanisme de la Physionomie Humaine. Fig. 65, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 19: Suffering, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 19: Suffering, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 19: Suffering, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 48: Mild weeping, pity and feeble false laughter, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 48: Mild weeping, pity and feeble false laughter, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 25: Not an expression of pain, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 25: Not an expression of pain, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Faradisation du muscle frontal, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Faradisation du muscle frontal, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Faradisation du muscle frontal, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 52: Voluntary retraction of the lower lip, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 52: Voluntary retraction of the lower lip, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 54: Voluntary lowering of the lower jaw, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 54: Voluntary lowering of the lower jaw, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 66: Head of Arrotino (the spy, the knife grinder, and so on), 1854-56

Figure 66: Head of Arrotino (the spy, the knife grinder, and so on), 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 22: No painful expression, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 22: No painful expression, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 49: Painful weeping and forward looking. 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 49: Painful weeping and forward looking. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 18: Aggression, wickedness, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 18: Aggression, wickedness, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 17: On the right, electrization of m. procerus: severity, aggressi

Figure 17: On the right, electrization of m. procerus: severity, aggression. On the left: attention. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 60: Fright, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 60: Fright, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 60: Fright, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 70: Head of the Laocoon of Rome, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 70: Head of the Laocoon of Rome, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne, Adrien Alban Tournachon
Figure 70: Head of the Laocoon of Rome, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 45: Pain and despair. 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 45: Pain and despair. 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 45: Pain and despair. 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 6: The grimace produced is similar to a tic of the face, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 6: The grimace produced is similar to a tic of the face, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 75: Nun saying her prayers, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 75: Nun saying her prayers, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 62: Terror, semiprofile, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 78: Scene of coquetry, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne

Figure 78: Scene of coquetry, 1854-56, printed 1862. Creators: Duchenne de Boulogne
Figure 78: Scene of coquetry, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 16: Expression of severity, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 16: Expression of severity, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 50: Affected weeping and face in repose, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 50: Affected weeping and face in repose, 1854-56, printed 1862

Background imageTournachon Adrien Collection: Figure 36: Scornful laughter and scornful disgust, 1854-56, printed 1862

Figure 36: Scornful laughter and scornful disgust, 1854-56, printed 1862



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"Tournachon Adrien: Capturing the Spectrum of Human Expression in 19th Century Portraiture" Step into the world of Tournachon Adrien, a talented artist who immortalized the human experience through his captivating portraits. One such masterpiece is "Vache Garonnaise, " a stunning depiction of a 5 to 6-year-old cow from 1856. Created by Adrien Alban Tournachon himself, this artwork showcases his exceptional attention to detail and ability to capture emotions. In Figure 26, we witness an expression of painful attention and intense focus in the subject's attentive gaze. Tournachon skillfully portrays every nuance, making us feel as if we are peering into their very soul. Moving on to Figure 53, we encounter whimpering and false laughter frozen in time - a poignant reminder that even behind smiles, there may be hidden pain. Printed in 1862 but created between 1854-56, this piece stands as a testament to Tournachon's timeless artistry. Figure 39 draws our attention with its provocative object that elicits lascivious thoughts - an exploration of desire and attraction through visual representation. Meanwhile, Figure 9 presents us with a study of m. frontalis muscle contraction; here again, Tournachon delves deep into anatomy while showcasing his mastery over capturing minute details. The power of meditation and mental concentration takes center stage in Figure 15 - an introspective portrayal that invites viewers to contemplate their own inner worlds alongside the subject. In contrast, Figure 27 amplifies pain proportionally within its composition; it serves as a stark reminder that suffering can manifest itself differently for each individual. Venturing further into Tournachon's repertoire reveals Lady Macbeth herself in Figure 81 - her moderate expression of cruelty expertly depicted by the artist's hand during those same years between '54-'56 when this piece was created.