In the heart of Paris, surrounded by its elegant charm and vibrant history, a man was born on July 17, 1813, who would capture the face of this city in eternal memory. Charles François Bossu, better known by his pseudonym Charles Marville, was not only an artist but also a chronicler of his time. Through his lens, he captured the beauty of the old Parisian neighborhoods before they were irretrievably altered by Baron Haussmann's ambitious modernization plans, known as "Haussmannization." His art, whether reproduced in the form of art prints or in original form, is a window into a bygone era when the architecture, landscapes and urban environment of Paris were still in their original form.
Marville's life was long a mystery until a discovery revealed his true identity. With this knowledge, a new chapter began in our understanding of this remarkable artist. Born in Paris, Bossu was a member of an established Parisian family and had trained as a painter, illustrator and engraver. He adopted the pseudonym Charles Marville and began working in his field in 1832. After 17 years as an illustrator, he turned to photography around 1850. While he had no family of his own, he left a longtime companion in his will. His life ended in 1879 in the city he had so lovingly captured through his camera.
As the official photographer of Paris since 1862, Marville captured the city in its many facets. His work included both paper and glass negatives, a technique that allowed him to capture the details and textures of Paris with amazing clarity and sharpness. Our fine art prints, which reproduce his photographs, impressively demonstrate this ability. They offer a loving tribute to Marville's unparalleled talent and his ability to transform the haunting beauty of cityscapes into powerful visual representations. With each art print, we keep his memory alive and celebrate his unparalleled contribution to the art world. Charles Marville remains unforgotten through his artwork and lives on in the spaces he once captured with his camera.
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 Paris 1858-78 - (MeisterDrucke-197277).jpg "Rue Maitre Albert (from Quai de la Tournelle) Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de Gravilliers, from the Rue du Temple, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet, from the street Traversine, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Hôtel de Ville, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Banks of the Bievre, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Building of Avenue de l")
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 Paris 1858-78 - (MeisterDrucke-296695).jpg "Top of rue Champlain (view taken on the right) Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue d")
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.jpg "The Red Door, northern portal of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Gracieuse, from Rue Daubenton, Paris by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1551192).jpg "Rue des Lombards, from the Rue des Lavandières Sainte-Opportune, 1864 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Tirechape, from Rue de Rivoli, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Untitled, c. 1850 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Vieille-du-Temple, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1546625).jpg "The Seine from the Pont du Carrousel Looking Towards Notre Dame, 1853 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Fresnel, from the dead end of Versailles, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Bûcherie, du cul de sac Saint-Ambroise fifth arrondissement, 1866-1868 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Statue of Clovis, Church of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, 1856 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Croissant, from the Rue du Sentier, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "The Seine from the Pont du Carrousel Looking towards Notre Dame by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Traversine from the Rue d")
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.jpg "Building of Avenue de l")
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.jpg "Tympanum, Strasbourg Cathedral, c. 1863 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Corner of Rue des Rondeaux and Rue des Prairies, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève near the Intersection of Rue Laplace by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Serpente, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Fountain at St. Sulpice by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Anglaises, from rue de Lourcine, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Marmousets, from Rue Saint-Landry, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Saint-Severin, from the Rue de la Harpe, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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 Paris 1858-78 - (MeisterDrucke-206944).jpg "Rue Maitre Albert (from place Maubert) Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Lombards, from the Rue des Lavandières Sainte-Opportune by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Untitled by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Laffitte, from the Church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Paris by Charles Marville")
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![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/300px/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1187576).jpg "Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville")
![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/400w/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1187576).jpg)
.jpg "Paris, Rue Montmartre, seen from Rue d")
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.jpg "Rue Traversine, from rue d")
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.jpg "Rue Mondétour, de la rue Rambuteau, 1860s-70s by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "The Red Door by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Tirechape, from rue St. Honore, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Impasse des Bourdonnais, from rue de la Limace, Paris by Charles Marville")
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_de_la_rue_de_Reims_-_(MeisterDrucke-1614970).jpg "Rue Chartière (Chartière Alley) from Rue de Reims by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Lombards, from the Rue des Lavandières Sainte-Opportune, 1864 by Charles Marville")
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 Paris 1858-78 - (MeisterDrucke-260380).jpg "Rue des Bourdonnais, Paris 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève near the Intersection of Rue LaPlace, 1865-69 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Fountain at St. Sulpice by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Courtyard at Rue Larrey 8, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Untitled, c. 1850 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Chanoinesse, from Rue des Chantres, Paris by Charles Marville")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-215570).jpg "Passage de la Petite Boucherie by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Haut Moulin, from Rue de Glatigny, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "State of the Hôtel de Ville of Paris after the Fire Suffered During the Revolts of the Commune by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Building of Avenue de l")
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.jpg "Paris 4 rue de Breteuil, View Taken from rue Reaumur towards rue Vaucanson, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/300px/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1184266).jpg "Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville")
![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/400w/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1184266).jpg)
.jpg "Passage des Deux-Soeurs de la rue Lafayette by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Portico of the Château d")
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.jpg "Impasse Briard, from Cite Coquenard, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "The Seine from the Pont du Carrousel Looking towards Notre Dame by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1547708).jpg "Bois de Boulogne, 1858 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "The Swiss Valley at St. Goarshausen by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Cul-de-sac Saint-Ambroise, from rue du Haut-Pave, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Jardinet and the Cul-de-sac of Rohan, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Basse des Ursins, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Jardinet, from passage Hautefeuille, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Building of the Avenue de l")
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.jpg "Rue du Bon-Puits, from the Rue Traversine, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Hôtel de la Marine, 1864-1870 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Louis-le-Grand, from the boulevard des Italiens, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1248489).jpg "Rue de la Bûcherie, du cul de sac Saint-Ambroise (fifth arrondissement) by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Fer-a-Moulin, Paris by Charles Marville")
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 Paris 1858-78 - (MeisterDrucke-298103).jpg "Rue des Bourdonnais (from rue de Rivoli) Paris 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Vertus, from Rue Phelippeaux, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue d")
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.jpg "Rue Saint-Jacques by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Untitled by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève near the Intersection of Rue LaPlace by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Portico of the Château d")
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.jpg "Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche from the Rue de la Huchette, ca. 1868 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Grande Truanderie, from the Rue Montorgueil, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Estienne, de la Rue Boucher, 1862-65 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Carrière, 1850-53 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Marmousets Saint-Marcel, from Rue Saint-Hippolyte, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue du Haut-Pave Pantheon in Distance by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Descartes, from the Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Boulevard Saint-Jacques, No 66, Studio of Charles Marville, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Construction of the Opera, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Crossroads of the Fromentel, Saint-Hilaire, Jean-de-Beauvais, Charretiere et Mont-de-Marsan Streets, Paris by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue des Anglais, from Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris, 1858-78 by Charles Marville")
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![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/300px/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1189680).jpg "Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville")
![Untitled [Trees near water in the Bois de Boulogne, a park in Paris] by Charles Marville](/kunstwerke/400w/Charles_Marville_-_Untitled_c_1850_Trees_near_water_in_the_Bois_de_Boulogne_a_park_in_Paris_-_(MeisterDrucke-1189680).jpg)
.jpg "Untitled by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1538062).jpg "Passage of the Two Sisters on Rue Lafayette, c.1867 by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Impasse Briare de la Cité Coquenard by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Fontaine des Innocents by Charles Marville")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1310928).jpg "Opéra (Rostral Column) by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue Saint-Jacques by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Untitled by Charles Marville")
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.jpg "Rue de la Lingerie, de la rue Berger, 1860s-70s by Charles Marville")
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