A rare, unknown photo of Frederic Chopin probably found
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s culture institute in France says it believes a previously unknown photograph of Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin has probably been found by private researchers. If so, it would be only the second confirmed photographic image of him.
The Polish Institute in Paris said on its website a photo of a daguerreotype image was found by Swiss physicist Alain Kohler, who co-operated with music journalist Gilles Bencimon of Radio France Internationale.
Kohler told The Associated Press Thursday by phone that he found it in the private collection of a musician in Switzerland. He said the daguerreotype was made around 1847 by Paris-based artist Louis-Auguste Bisson, who took the only confirmed photo of Chopin.
Kohler said the original daguerreotype needs to be found to allow experts to confirm whether it is an image of Chopin.