Rue Thérèse (de la rue du Hasard), Charles Marville

Exhibition Label: "Art for Kansas: Building the Collection, 1988-1998 (Recent Acquisitions)," Nov-1998, John Pultz and Susan Earle Although Marville began his artistic career as a painter, he began taking photographe in 1851 and is best known for his work in this medium. Paris's first official photographer, Marville documented the city's narrow streets, parks, and architectural monuments before Haussman's modernization project. In addition to photographing the old buildings, he took pictures of their demolition and new construction. The Friends of the Art Museum's 1997 purchase of this photograph, which was taken towards the end of Marville's career, increases the museum's collection of nineteenth-century European photographs. Archive Label 2003: Although Marville started his artistic career as a painter, he began taking photographs in 1851 and is best known for his work in this medium. Paris’s first official photographer, Marville documented the city’s narrow streets, parks, and architectural monuments before Haussmann’s modernization project of the late 1860s and early 1870s, which was to transform the medieval center of Paris into a modern city. In addition to photographing the old buildings, he also took pictures of their demolition and new constructions.