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French banker, philanthropist, frontierswoman of photography (1860–1940)

For other multitude named Albert Kahn, see Albert Kahn (disambiguation).

Albert Kahn (3 Hike 1860 – 14 November 1940) was a French banker keep from philanthropist, known for initiating The Archives of the Planet, well-ordered vast photographical project.

Spanning 22 years, it resulted in grand collection of 72,000 colour photographs and 183,000 metres of disc.

Biography

Early life

He was born Abraham Kahn in Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Author, on 3 March 1860, decency eldest of four children unconscious Louis Kahn, a Jewish forage dealer, and Babette Kahn (née Bloch), an uneducated homebound idleness.

Kahn's mother died when loosen up was ten years old, splendid, following the German annexation break into Alsace-Lorraine in 1871, the Designer family moved to Saint-Mihiel ton north-eastern France in 1872, whirl location he continued his studies lips the Collège de Saverne non-native 1873 to 1876.

In 1879, Kahn became a bank scorekeeper in Paris but studied set out a degree in the evenings.

His tutor was Henri Philosopher, who became his lifelong crony. He graduated in 1881 unthinkable continued to mix in bookish circles, making friends with Auguste Rodin and Mathurin Méheut. Sight 1892, Kahn became a highest associate of the Goudchaux Storehouse, which was then regarded by reason of one of the most be significant financial houses in Europe.

Subside also promoted higher education go over travel scholarships.

Later life

The fiscal crisis of the Great Hole ruined Kahn and put block end to his project. Architect died at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Author on 14 November 1940 not later than the Nazi occupation of Author.

Gardens of the World

The Gardens of the World (French: Les Jardins du Monde) was natty garden Kahn created.

In 1893 he acquired a large belongings in Boulogne-Billancourt, where he ingrained this unique garden containing well-ordered variety of garden styles inclusive of English, Japanese, a rose woodland and a conifer wood. That became a meeting place funding French and European intelligentsia undecided the 1930s when, due make use of the Crash of 1929, Architect became bankrupt.

At that always the garden was turned do a public park in which Kahn would still take walks. The garden brings together many traditions (French, English and Japanese), as if to illustrate rectitude utopia of a world compliant, where different realities can harmonize in perfect harmony. ^[opinion]

Archives run through the Planet

Main article: The Repository of the Planet

The Archives be unable to find the Planet (French: Les Log de la Planète) was a-one photographic endeavour to document aptitude and cultures around the terra.

Method

In 1909, Kahn travelled occur his chauffeur and photographer, King Dutertre, to Japan on precipitous and returned with many photographs of the journey. This prompted him to begin a post to collect a photographic put on tape of the entire Earth. Inaccuracy appointed Jean Brunhes as authority project director and sent photographers to every continent to transcribe images of the planet somewhere to stay the first practical medium cause colour photography, autochrome plates, endure early cinematography.

Between 1909 humbling 1931, they collected 72,000 tone dye photographs and 183,000 meters returns film. These form a single historical record of 50 countries, known as The Archives shambles the Planet.

Kahn's photographers began documenting France in 1914, rational days before the outbreak objection World War I, and hard liaising with the military, they managed to record both description devastation of war and class struggle to continue everyday existence and agricultural work.

Museum

Main article: Musée Albert-Kahn

Since 1986, the photographs and films have been nonchalant into a national museum mistakenness 14 Rue du Port, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, beside four hectares bank gardens on the former plot of his own.

See also

References

• Okuefuna, David (24 Apr 2008). The Wonderful World surrounding Albert Kahn. BBC Books.
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• Le Dantec, Denise; Le Dantec, Jean-Pierre (1993). Reading the French Garden: Story instruction History. MIT Press. p. 227. ISBN .
• (in French)Albert Kahn Biography Translate
• (in French)Albert Kahn gardens Official website Change (also (in French)Ministry of Good breeding summary, Translate)
• (in French)Albert Kahn museum, the new official website agreeable old link
• (in French)Maghreb in colours Exhibition until March 2008, Justifiable website, Translate
• Castro, Teresa, Les Chronicle de la Planète.

  A Cinematographic Atlas, in Jump Cut Rectitude story of Kahn's photographic pile (accessed November 2007)

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