1904-1966

Born in Beçej (then Austria-Hungary, now Serbia) Émeric Feher emigrated to Paris in 1926 and became a French citizen in 1939. He initially worked in the car industry for Peugeot and then Citroën. After being hired by Debery and Peignot studio as an electrician and lighting engineer, he discovered his passion for photography. In 1933, he worked for René Zuber's studio and went on his own in 1936 and joined the "Alliance Photo" agency. By 1937 he was included in the MoMA exhibition Photography 1839-1937. He worked commercially covering a broad range of subjects. During the war, he took refuge in the South of France and afterwards returned to Paris to resume his work. He died in 1966 from cardiac arrest. Fraçoise Paviot curated the exhibition Emeric Feher - À la vie, à l’image in association with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux at Logis royal du château du roi René à Angers from October 16, 2015–January 17, 2016 with an accompanying catalogue.