Ernest Eugène Appert (1830–1891) was a French photographer known for having produced a series of faked photos, titled Crimes de la Commune, meant to discredit the communards protesting in the Paris communes of 1871. [1] [2] [3] His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, [4] the Getty Museum, [5] the Musée d'Orsay, [6] the National Portrait Gallery, London, [7] the Victoria and Albert Museum [8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [9]
Appert was born in Angers in the Pays de la Loire in 1830 [2] and died in 1891 in Cannes, France. [2]
Ernest Eugène Appert (1830–1891) was a French photographer known for having produced a series of faked photos, titled Crimes de la Commune, meant to discredit the communards protesting in the Paris communes of 1871. [1] [2] [3] His work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, [4] the Getty Museum, [5] the Musée d'Orsay, [6] the National Portrait Gallery, London, [7] the Victoria and Albert Museum [8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [9]
Appert was born in Angers in the Pays de la Loire in 1830 [2] and died in 1891 in Cannes, France. [2]