Francis Wey

Francis Wey (1812-1882) was a French art critic and pioneering photography critic, and friend of the painter Gustave Courbet. The critic Francis Wey, wrote more generally for the journal La Lumière on the aesthetics of photography and art.

Literature

• Anne de Mondenard, "Entre romantisme et réalisme. Francis Wey (1812-1882), critique d’art", Études photographiques, 8 , Novembre 2000.

Links

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Wey
• http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803121931681