One of only 2 existing photographs of Frederic Chopin, taken in 1849, a few months before his death. [colorized by me] [829×1137]

PeJae

O R I G I N A L

this is the other photograph and i think you can see why i didn’t colorize it. (btw it was taken in 1847)

frederic died of tuberculosis on the 17th of october 1849. although some say that his real cause of death was an unknown disease at the time.
Cho42

You know, Frederic fucking Chopin
brian_sahn

He looks so young but he looks like he’s already dead.
crisstiena

I’ve visited his grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
Stancypants

"Adriiiaaaaannnn!"

Sorry, I just see an uncanny resemblance to Stallone here
donut-rain

I didn’t know that photographs of him even existed. Nice work!
tlozone

This dude! He’s always been my favorite classical pianist. Why do they use paintings of him instead when this photo exists? Like when I google him, I mostly just see paintings and drawings
gamma6464

When I saw this picture his nocturne immediately started playing in my head. So beautiful

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