Category: Autochrome, autochrome process, Lumière Autochrome

Blossoms (autochrome), ca. 1910

Hugh C. Knowles :: Blossom · Blossoms, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Blossom · Blossoms, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Blossoms, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Blossom · Blossoms, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Blossom · Blossoms, ca. 1910. Autochromes. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum

Sunset Autochromes by Jacob Olie

Jacob Olie jr. ~ Zonsondergang boven zee | Sunset over the sea, ca. 1913 – ca. 1927. Autochrome | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Olie jr. ~ Zonsondergang boven een landschap | Sunset over a landscape, ca. 1913 – ca. 1927. Autochrome | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Olie jr. ~ Zonsondergang boven een landschap | Sunset over a landscape, ca. 1913 – ca. 1927. Autochrome | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Olie jr. ~ Zonsondergang boven zee | Sunset over the sea, ca. 1913 – ca. 1927. Autochrome | src Rijksmuseum

Christina O’Gorman, 1912-1913

Mervyn O’Gorman :: Portrait of Christina wearing a red cloak, 1913. Lumière Autochrome. | src The Dawn of Colour: Science and Media Museum
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina on the Beach, July 13th, 1913. An evocative portrait taken on the beach at Lulworth Cove. Christina’s choice of swimming costume was a fortuitous one since red was a colour which the autochrome process captured particularly well. | src Science and Media Museum Blog
A red beach dress. Dreamlike snaps of a young woman in red posing at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, in 1913 have now been revealed as some of the earliest surviving colour photographs. Autochrome. | src CNN
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina on the Beach, 1913. The comparatively long exposure time has given the sea a glassy quality and the large aperture setting and narrow depth of field has put Durdle Door, in the background, into soft focus. | src Science and Media Museum Blog
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina in a red beach dress at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, in 1913. Autochrome. | src CNN via Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina in a garden surrounded by foliage and flowers, April 17th, 1912. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: A portrait of Christina, gazing thoughtfully into an ornamental pond. The location for this photograph is not known but may possibly be the gardens of Rempstone Hall near Corfe Castle in Dorset. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman with Chinese Wisteria, ca. 1912. Autochrome. (detail of the photograph below) | src CNN
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman (standing) in the garden leaning on wall with what seems to be a Chinese Wisteria, ca. 1912. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr
Mervyn O’Gorman :: Christina O’Gorman in the garden leaning on wall with what seems to be a Wisteria sinensis, ca. 1912. Lumière Autochrome. | src Flickr

Still life with geraniums, 1907

Heinrich Kühn :: Stillleben mit Pelargonien (Still life with geraniums), 1907. Autochrome. | src ÖNB

Dahlias, ca. 1930

Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Dahlia, Edith Carter, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Box Galerie
Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Dahlia, Edith Carter, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Les extravagantes – Box Galerie
Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Dahlia, ca. 1930. Autochrome. | src Les extravagantes - Box Galerie
Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Dahlia, ca. 1930. Autochrome. | src Les extravagantes – Box Galerie

Flowers in a Vase by Seeley

George H. Seeley (1880 – 1955) :: Flowers in a Vase, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src Swann Galleries via Christie's
George H. Seeley (1880 – 1955) :: Flowers in a Vase, ca. 1910, autochrome. | src Swann Galleries via Christie’s
George H. Seeley :: [untitled] undated Autochrome. Private collection of John Wood. LL/8978 | src Luminous Lint
George H. Seeley :: [untitled] undated Autochrome. Private collection of John Wood. LL/8978 | src Luminous Lint

Still Life, ca. 1910 (autochrome)

Karl Struss (1886-1981); Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York; ca. 1910; additive color screen plate; Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX; P1983.24.52
Karl Struss :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, circa 1910. Dye transfer print printed from Struss' autochrome. | src Swann Galleries
Karl Struss :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, circa 1910. Dye transfer print printed from Struss’ autochrome. | src Swann Galleries
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, ca. 1910. Additive color screen plate. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, ca. 1910. Additive color screen plate. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, ca. 1910. Dye imbibition print from the original Autochrome, printed ca. 1981. | src Amon Carter Museum
Karl Struss :: Still Life with Pewter Vase, New York, ca. 1910. Dye imbibition print from the original Autochrome, printed ca. 1981. | src Amon Carter Museum

Inscription on print verso:

signed c.: Karl Struss / numbered: 44

stamped: THIS IS SET #4 \ A DYE-TRANSFER PRINT PRODUCED \ FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTOCHROME \ IN AN EDITION OF 20.

Red tulip, Samoa, ca. 1927

Leendert Blok :: Close up of a red tulip,Tulipa Samoa. Autochrome. Text accompaning picture: Samoa Lil. Flow.Tulip S.A de Graaff en & Konijnenburg. [Nederland, omstreeks 1927]. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad
Leendert Blok :: Close up of a red tulip,Tulipa Samoa. Autochrome. Text accompaning picture: Samoa Lil. Flow.Tulip S.A de Graaff en & Konijnenburg. [Nederland, omstreeks 1927]. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad

Irises, Arthemius, 1927-1930

Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Iris, Arthemius, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Box Galerie
Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Iris, Arthemius, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Box Galerie
Leendert Blok :: Flowers, Flower bulbs. Irises, ca. 1930. Example of early color photography using the Autochrome process. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad
Leendert Blok :: Flowers, Flower bulbs. Irises, ca. 1930. Example of early color photography using the Autochrome process. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad