Background
Charles Marville was born on July 7, 1816, in France.
Charles Marville was born on July 7, 1816, in France.
Little is known about his life besides his work of documenting the buildings of Paris for the French government's Commission for Monumental Historical Monuments.
Although Charles was a painter and lithographic artist, Marville is remembered for his photographs of old Paris. Beaumont Newhall (in History of Photography) says: "Marville's pic- tures of streets and houses, worn by human use but emptied of people, have the melancholy beauty of a vanished past." The photographer made calotypes, as well as salt and albumen prints from collodion wet plates.
Quotes from others about the person
Beaumont Newhall (in History of Photography) says: "Marville's pictures of streets and houses, worn by human use but emptied of people, have the melancholy beauty of a vanished past."
Charles had no family, but a long time companion was included in his will.