Eugène Durieu

Eugène Durieu - Female portrait - Google Art Project

Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu (1800; Nîmes, France – 1874; Paris, France) was an early French photographer of nudes, known for making studies for Eugène Delacroix. Some of Durieu's nudes were used by Delacroix to creating his own paintings and drawings.

References

• Coke, Van Deren. "Two Delacroix Drawings Made from Photographs". Art Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3. (Spring, 1962), pp. 172–174. <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004-3249%28196221%2921%3A3%3C172%3ATDDMFP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2>.
• "Luminous-Lint: Photographer: Eugène Durieu". Retrieved 2006-07-02.