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Willy Ronis

(French, 1910–2009)

Willy Ronis

Che Maxe, Joinville-le-Point, 1947

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Willy Ronis

Le Depart Du Morutier, 1949

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Willy Ronis

Les Amoureux de la Bastille (Lovers at the Bastille), 1959

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Willy Ronis

Le Petit Parisien, 1952

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Willy Ronis

Rue Muller, Paris, 1934

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Willy Ronis

Vincent aéromodéliste, Gordes, 1949

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Timeline

1910: Born at the foot of Montmatre on August 14.
1932: Begins work at his father's photographic studio
1936: Death of his father and collapse of the family business. Decides to earn his living as a freelance photographer. First pictures are published in Regards
1937: Produces 'Neige dans les Vosges' exhibition at the Gare de l'Est, Paris. Meets David Szymin ('Chin') and Robert Capa. First assignment for Plaisir cie France.
1938 - 1939: Reports on the strike at Citroën. Travels in Greece, Yugoslavia and Albania.
1941 - 1944: Stage manager for travelling theatre company in Non-Occupied Zone in south of France.
1945 - 1950: Works for illustrated press'. Point de rue, L'Ecran Français, Regards, L'Illustration, Le Monde Illustré. Member of the Groupe des XV.Joins Rapho Agency. From 1947, works on Belleville-Ménilmontant project.
1947: Awarded the Prix Kodak
1951: Publishes Photo reportage et chasse aux images.
1954: Publishes Belleville-Ménilmontant, with text by Pierre Mac Orlan.
1975: Made Honorary President of National Association of Photographers- Reporters-Illustrators.
1979: Awarded the Grand Prix des Arts et Lettres for Photography by the Minister for Culture.
1980: Publishes Sur le fil du hasard.
1982: Full-length film Un voyage de Rose, with Willy Ronis and Guy Le Querrec, made and directed by Patrick Barbéris.
1983: Willy Ronis is published. Donates his photographic work to the French state. Returns to Paris and continues to work with Rapho
1985: Publishes Mon Paris. Official retrospective held at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Named Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Exhibitions

2009: Arles RIP, Frankreich
2006: Paris, Hotel de Ville
: St. Ingbert, Deutschland
: Fundacion "la Caixa", Madrid, Spanien
2005: Ausstellungstournee: Berlin / Iserlohn / Oldenburg / Stuttgart
2004: Aachen, Suermondt Ludwig Museum mit Leihgaben der in focus Galerie, Köln
: Verona, Italien
2003: Fribourg Schweiz
: Leipzig, Kamera und Fotomuseum, kuratiert durch in focus Galerie, Köln
2002: Köln, Deutschland in focus Galerie
2000: Exhibitions at the Musée de la Photographie (Charleroi), Kiev, Cologne, Kyoto.
: Exhibition held at the FNAC Etoile, Paris, to celebrate his ninetieth birthday.
1996: Major retrospective '70 ans de déclics', Pavillon des Arts, Paris.
1995: Exhibitions in Washington, DC, New York and Tokyo. Major retrospec tive at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
1994: Paris, Hotel du Sully
1990: Lausanne, Schweiz, Musée de l´Elysée
1986 - 1989: Exhibitions in New York, Moscow and Bologna.
1985: Paris, Palais de Tokyo
1982: San Francisco, USA, Focus Gallery
1980: Arles - RIP
1965: Participates in the exhibition 'Six Photographers and Paris', Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, with Doisneau, Frasnay, Lattés, Pic and Janine Niepce.
1957: Awarded Gold Medal at Venice Biennale
1955: New York - MoMA - Family of Man
1953: Participates in 'Five French Photographers' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, with Cartier-Bresson, Brassaï, Doisneau et Izis.
1951: New York - MoMA

Willy Ronis

(French, 1910–2009)

Willy Ronis

Willy Ronis

Willy Ronis

Willy Ronis

Willy Ronis

Willy Ronis

Biography

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Exhibitions

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