Paul Dujardin

Paul Dujardin, born Paul Rodolphe Joseph Dujardin on June 13, 1843 in Lille and died on November 7, 1913 in Paris, was a French photographer and heliograveur.

Son of Pierre-Antoine Dujardin, a doctor, he moved to Paris in 1875, taking over the business of his brother Gustave Alexandre Dujardin (b. 1840), a photographer, which they had founded together in 1866. He specialized in the publication of plates engraved by the heliographic process in intaglio from photographs. Together with French designer Camille Chazal (1825-1875)1, he participated in the production of the Banque de France's black 5-franc bill issued in 1872. He took part in the 1878 World's Fair, where he presented a variety of works using a heliographic process developed by himself, including earthenware, fabrics and niellures.