# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-willeme
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:17:51.284Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francois-willeme"
name: "François Willème"
slug: "francois-willeme"
description: "François Willème was a French painter, sculptor and photographer who in 1859 invented the 'photosculpture', also known as 'sculpture by light', a means of generating 3D forms in a variety of media, clay, marble or electroplated bronze, from photographs taken by a battery of cameras."
tagline: "French artist (1830–1905)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will%C3%A8me_photosculpture.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1830-05-27"
deathDate: "1905-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.8
  momentum:             2.528025623427133
  historical:           4.605868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Will%C3%A8me"
    title: "François Willème"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "فرانسوا ويليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Will%C3%A8me"
    title: "François Willème"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Will%C3%A8me"
    title: "François Willème"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Will%C3%A8me"
    title: "François Willème"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16855595"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump