Invented in 1956 by Pierre Cordier, the chemigram* combines the physics of painting (varnish, wax, oil) and the chemistry of photography (photosensitive emulsion, developer, fixer); without a camera, without an enlarger, and in full light *.

chemigram WITHOUT
localizing product*

first category

chemigram WITH
localizing product*(LP)

chemigram with
localizing product *
coated by hand :
brush, paint roller, spray

Pierre Cordier (in 1956)

chemigram with localizing product* coated by a photographic process : silk screen or photosensitive varnish =
photo-chemigram *

Pierre Cordier ( in 1963 )


second category
third category

 

 


* Definition and terms chemigram in English, Dutch & Flemish, Chemigramm in German, chimigramma in Italian, chimigramme in French (1958), quimigrama in Spanish & in Portuguese; photo-chemigram (1963), auto-chemigram (1979), localizing product are by Pierre Cordier.
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