Antoine Fauchery b. 15 November 1823

  • Artist (Photographer)
Although the goldfields drew Antoine Fauchery to Australia, it is as a writer and photographer that he made most impression, eventually combining both of these skills to accompany French expeditionary forces in China as a war correspondent and official photographer. Perhaps more interestingly, though, he was the model for the painter Marcello in Puccini's 'La Bohème'.
Name
Antoine Fauchery
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Photographer)
Other Occupation
  • Café proprietor
  • Architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
  • Adventurer
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
15 November 1823
Birth place
Paris, France
Death date
27 April 1861
Death place
Japan
Burial place
Foreign Cemetery, now known as the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan
Active Period
  • c.1857 - c.1859
Arrival
  • 1852
Residence
  • Japan
  • China
  • Manila, Philippines
  • Melbourne, Vic.
  • Paris, France
Training
  • Studied under the master Cogniet, France
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870