Josef Breitenbach

(American/German, 1896–1984)

Josef Breitenbach was a German artist best known for his experimental photography. In his work, the artist played with a number of techniques, including bleaching, color printing, montage, solarization, and double exposure, to explore the ways in which light and color could alter an image. For example, in his work Shiela, the artist used overexposure to enhance the contrast between his model’s pale skin and dark hair. Born on April 3, 1896 in Munich, Germany to a wine merchant family of Jewish descent, he went on to study philosophy and art history at the Ludwig-Maximillian University in Munich. After completing his education, he began photographing for the Social Democratic Party in Bavaria after World War I. Breitenbach fled Germany during the Nazi’s rise to power due to his political allegiances and Jewish heritage in August of 1933, after nearly being arrested by the Strurmabteilung (SA). After living in Paris for six years, he immigrated to New York, where he was included in Edward Steichen’s 1955 exhibition “The Family of Man” at The Museum of Modern Art. Breitenbach died on October 7, 1984 in New York, NY. Today, Breitenbach’s works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

Josef Breitenbach Artworks

Josef Breitenbach (313 results)

Max Ernst, 1939

Josef Breitenbach

Max Ernst, 1939

Sale Date: November 15, 2015

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Penicillin, 1946–1949

Josef Breitenbach

Penicillin, 1946–1949

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Max Ernst and the Seahorse, New York, 1942

Josef Breitenbach

Max Ernst and the Seahorse, New York, 1942

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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NUDE (THIS BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPEE SERIES), 1953

Josef Breitenbach

NUDE (THIS BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPEE SERIES), 1953

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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NUDE, 1960

Josef Breitenbach

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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NUDE, 1960

Josef Breitenbach

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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Selected images, 1960–1969

Josef Breitenbach

Selected images, 1960–1969

Sale Date: June 3, 2015

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Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938

Josef Breitenbach

Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938

Sale Date: April 12, 2015

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Electric Back, New York, 1949

Josef Breitenbach

Electric Back, New York, 1949

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938

Josef Breitenbach

Wassily Kandinsky, Paris, 1938

Sale Date: January 25, 2015

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Family, Nudist Camp, new Jersey, 1950

Josef Breitenbach

Family, Nudist Camp, new Jersey, 1950

Sale Date: November 26, 2014

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Mother and Child, Near Jakarta, Java, 1960

Josef Breitenbach

Mother and Child, Near Jakarta, Java, 1960

Sale Date: October 17, 2014

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Lawyer, Paris, 1933–1939

Josef Breitenbach

Lawyer, Paris, 1933–1939

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Rue de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, 1937

Josef Breitenbach

Rue de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, 1937

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Terrace Monte Bre, 1930–1939

Josef Breitenbach

Terrace Monte Bre, 1930–1939

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Prof. E. Stern, Munich, 1933

Josef Breitenbach

Prof. E. Stern, Munich, 1933

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Sybille binder, 1932

Josef Breitenbach

Sybille binder, 1932

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Portrait, 1930–1939

Josef Breitenbach

Portrait, 1930–1939

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Jarmila novotná in the bartered bride, 1932

Josef Breitenbach

Jarmila novotná in the bartered bride, 1932

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Untitled, 1933

Josef Breitenbach

Untitled, 1933

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Untitled (Spring twigs), 1930–1939

Josef Breitenbach

Untitled (Spring twigs), 1930–1939

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Edith d'Amara, 1932

Josef Breitenbach

Edith d'Amara, 1932

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Winterlandschaft (Winter landscape), 1933

Josef Breitenbach

Winterlandschaft (Winter landscape), 1933

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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Summer garden, Munich, 1932

Josef Breitenbach

Summer garden, Munich, 1932

Sale Date: May 30, 2014

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