In the early 20th Century, French photographer Gustave Gain (1876-1945) took pictures of his wife Adeline (1878-1972), their two sons, Pierre (1903-1983) and André (1907-1940), others, landscapes, seascapes and still life at home and on the beaches of his native Normandy and Brittany. A member of the French Photography Society and professor at the National Museum of Natural History, Gustave initially worked with stereoscopic views but became enamoured with Autochrome, the first industrial color photography technique created by brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière in 1903.
1910 – nudes
1921 Adeline Gain and her son Pierre in the doorway.
1921 – Adeleine and a friend at Siouville
The Pierre and Andre watching the sea
Adeline in the garden
1910 Adeline Gain sitting among the rocks near the sea
1920 – the beach at Dielette.Flamanville
Adeline – 1921
1010 – Adeline
1910
1911 Children Pierre and Andre Gain.
Family Gain (sit at the left on the right) Gustave Gain, Pierre Gain, Alice Gain, Adeline Gain, Luce Gain. Cost (at the left on the right) Andre Gain, Louis Gain.
1921 – Adeline
Adeline in 1921
Diуlette, 1921
Adeline
1910 – Adeline
1909 Adeline and Gustave’s sisters Alice and Luce Gain.
The hat , 1910
1910
1910 – nude
Pierre Gain en élève studieux au balcon, ca. 1909
Lead image: Alive Gain, 1931
Via Musee Bretagne
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