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Уильям Нотман
William Notman.jpg
Автопортрет из Нотмана, с. 1866–1867 гг.
Родившийся(1826-03-08)8 марта 1826 г.
Пейсли , Шотландия
Умер25 ноября 1891 г. (1891-11-25)(65 лет)
Монреаль , Квебек, Канада
ЗанятиеФотограф, бизнесмен

Уильям Нотман (8 марта 1826 - 25 ноября 1891) был шотландско-канадским фотографом и бизнесменом. Дом Нотмана в Монреале был его домом с 1876 года до его смерти в 1891 году, и с тех пор он был назван в его честь.

Biography[edit]

Five men curling (albumen print), The National Galleries of Scotland

Notman was born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1826, and he moved to Montreal in the summer of 1856.[1][2] An amateur photographer, he quickly established a flourishing professional photography studio on Bleury Street, a location close to Montreal's central commercial district.

His first important commission was the documentation of the construction of the Victoria Bridge across the St. Lawrence River.[1] The bridge opened with great fanfare in 1860, attended by the Prince of Wales and Notman's camera. The gift to the prince of a maple box containing Notman's photographs of the construction of the bridge and scenes of Canada East and Canada West so pleased Queen Victoria that, according to family tradition, she named him "Photographer to the Queen."[1]

The first Canadian photographer with an international reputation, Notman's status and business grew over the next three decades. He established branches throughout Canada and the United States, including seasonal branches at Yale and Harvard universities to cater to the student trade.[2] Notman was also an active member of the Montreal artistic community, opening his studio for exhibitions by local painters; the studio also provided training for aspiring photographers and painters. Notman was highly regarded by his colleagues for his innovative photography, and held patents for some of the techniques he developed to recreate winter within the studio walls. He won medals at exhibitions in Montreal, London, Paris, and Australia.

Составная фотография карнавала, выставочный каток Саут-Энд, Галифакс , Новая Шотландия , Канада , февраль 1899 года. Тщательно подготовленная составная фотография была специальностью Notman

Photography during the mid-19th century was not the simple process it later became. The typical tourist generally did not carry a camera and much of the Notman studio's images were taken with the tourist's needs in mind. Visitors would look through Notman's picture books and chose views, to buy individually mounted or perhaps made up into an album, and have a portrait taken as well. Street scenes in the burgeoning cities of Canada, the magnificence of modern transportation by rail and steam, expansive landscapes and the natural wonders, were all in demand either as 8" x 10" print, or in the popular stereographic form, and were duly recorded by the many staff photographers working for the Notman studio.

He was a regular contributor to the photographic journal Philadelphia Photographer and in partnership with its editor, Edward Wilson, formed the Centennial Photographic Company for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, held in honour of the 100th anniversary of the United States in 1876. He won the only gold medal to be awarded by the British judges and the portrait identification card required for entrance to the grounds was the ancestor of today's various photo-ID cards.[3]:46–7

Когда Уильям Нотман внезапно скончался в ноябре 1891 года после короткого приступа пневмонии , управление студией Wm Notman & Son было оставлено его сыну Уильяму Макфарлейну Нотману, опытному фотографу, который сам со своими братьями сопровождал странствующее поселение. известный как «Конец пути» Канадской Тихоокеанской железной дороги и документально подтвердил завершение строительства железной дороги в Западной Канаде. [4]

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At Notman's death, his eldest son and partner, William McFarlane Notman, inherited the company. When William McFarlane Notman died of cancer in 1913, his younger brother Charles assumed responsibility. In 1935, Charles retired and sold the studio to the Associated Screen News,[3]:63 In 1957, the Notman Collection was purchased by McGill University. The 200,000 negatives, 43 Index Books, 200 Picture Books and assorted memorabilia were transferred to the McCord Museum of Canadian History.[5]

The Notman Photographic Archives was created with the addition of the McCord Museum's existing photographic holdings to the Notman Collection, and the Notman Collection served as the kernel for an extensive Canadian photography department, covering Canada from Newfoundland to Victoria, the Great Lakes to the Arctic, from 1841 to 1935.[5]

His residence from 1876 until his death, Notman House in Montreal was added to the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec historic registry on 8 December 1979.[6]

Gallery[edit]

  • Joseph Howe By William Notman

  • Джозеф Хоу - Генри Сэндхэм , Провинциальный дом (Новая Шотландия) , с фото Нотмана

  • Эльмира Растель де Рошблав от Notman

См. Также [ править ]

  • Уильям Джеймс Топли

Ссылки [ править ]

  1. ^ a b c Триггс, Стэнли Г. (1990). «Норман, Уильям» . Словарь канадской биографии . Университет Торонто / Université Laval. 12 . Проверено 1 октября 2015 года .
  2. ^ a b Триггс, Стэнли Г. (1992). Студия Уильяма Нотмана: Канадская картина . Музей истории Канады Маккорда. ISBN 1-895615-04-6.
  3. ^ a b Hall, Roger; Dodds, Gordon; Triggs, Stanley (1993). The World of William Notman. David R. Godine. ISBN 9780879239398. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. ^ Mattison, David. "1884, 1887: William McFarlane Notman". The Photographers of Onderdonk's Way. David Mattison, 1997. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b Hague, Nora. "William Notman (1826–1891), the Photographer | Thematic Tours | Musée McCord Museum". collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  6. ^ Bronson, Susan; Adams, Annemarie (21 September 1991). "Sale of Notman House will put Cultural Property Act to test" (PDF). The Gazette. p. K4. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

Further reading[edit]

  • Notman, William. Portrait of a Period: A Collection of Notman Photographs, 1856–1915. Edited by J. Russell Harper and Stanley Triggs, with an introduction by Edgar Andrew Collard. Montreal: McGill University Press, 1967.
  • Parsons, Sarah. William Notman: Life & Work. Art Canada Institute, 2014. ISBN 978-1487100100.
  • Triggs, Stanley G. William Notman: The Stamp of a Studio. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario; Coach House Press, 1985. ISBN 0919777228
  • Triggs, Stanley G., Conrad Graham, Brian Young and Gilles Lauzon. Victoria Bridge: The Vital Link, exhibition catalog. Montreal: McCord Museum of Canadian History, 1992. ISBN 1895615011
  • Triggs, Stanley G. The Composite Photographs of William Notman, exhibition catalogue. Montreal: McCord Museum of Canadian History; 1994. ISBN 1-895615-08-9

External links[edit]

  • Works by William McFarlane Notman at Faded Page (Canada)
  • Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  • Notman's World, a National Film Board of Canada documentary