Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Lucien Walery) (1863-1935)
Creator details
- Name
- Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Lucien Walery) (1863-1935)
- Nationality
- Polish
- Biography
- Walery (1863-1935) was a Polish-born photographer and artist who became famous for his portraits of celebrities and society figures in Paris during the Belle Époque. He began his career as a photographer in Warsaw before moving to Paris in 1886, where he established himself as a portraitist and fashion photographer. He worked for many of the leading fashion magazines of the day, including La Mode Pratique and La Vie Parisienne, and his images were widely reproduced in newspapers and magazines throughout Europe and America. In addition to his photographic work, Walery was also a talented painter and illustrator, and he produced a number of portraits and genre scenes in oil and watercolor. He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français and exhibited his work at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne. Today, Walery's photographs are highly sought after by collectors and his work is considered an important record of the social and cultural life of Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
