History
Fascinating Photographic & Motion Picture History in the public domain...
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Antoin Lumiére, father of the famous Lumiére brothers, painting a posed portrait.
Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1905.
Here's a link to the photo at the Library of Congress.
Seeing the father of the Lumiére brothers, pioneers of cinema and color photography, as an accomplished painter in action raises questions about the influence of parental creativity on a child's life and whether artistic talent can be inherited or passed down through generations.