19th Century
19th Century
Alphonse Eugène Druet
Eugène Druet: The Sculptor's Eye Eugène Druet (26 June 1867 – 21 January 1916) was a French photographer and art dealer born in Paris to Eugène Alphonse Druet and Alphonine Augustine Herbinière, then grocers. He initially rented and ran Yacht Club français, a small family café at place de l'Alma (now avenue du Président-Wilson) which he bought in 1893. His keen eye for detail and artistic sensibility would ultimately lead him to forge an extraordinary partnership with Auguste Rodin – a relationship that cemented his place as one of the most important figures in early 20th-century Parisian a…
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An Interactive Constellation
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Alphonse Eugène Druet's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
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Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.