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Robert Doisneau
(
French
, 1912–1994)
Robert Doisneau
Le Metro,
1945
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Robert Doisneau
UNTITLED (PARK SCENE),
1934
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Biography
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Timeline
1912
Born in Gentilly in the Val-de-Marne, France
1926 - 1929
Studied engraving at the École Estienne in Chantilly
1945
Met Pierre Betz, and began a series of reportage for the magazine
Le Point
; met Blaise Cendrars and Henri Cartier-Bresson
1956
Received the Prix Niépce
1975
Invited to participate in the Rencontres d’Arles
1981
Participated in a film by F. Moscowitz,
Trois jours, trois photographes
with Jean-Loup Sieff and Bruno Barbey
1985
Worked on the film
Poète et piéton
by Francois Porcile
1986
Participated in the Atget colloquium at the Collège de France
First video film for French television Antenne 2; received the Prix Balzak
1992
Appeared in the film
Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau
, directed by Sabine Azéma in celebration of his 80th birthday
1994
Died in the Paris suburb of Montrouge
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Exhibitions
1996
Solo exhibition, Montpellier Photo-Visions, Galerie Municipale de la Pllotographie; Isetan Museum of' Art, Tokyo; Daimaru Museum, Osaka,Japan.
1995
Solo exhibition, A Homage to Robert Doisneau, Galerie du Chateau d'Eau h Toulouse.
Solo exhibition, Doisneau 40//44, Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation de Lyons, Lyons, France.
1990
Solo exhibition, La Science de Doisneau, Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
1989
Solo exhibition, Doisneau-Renault, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
1988
Solo exhibition, A Hormage to Robert Doisneau, Villa Medicis, Rome.
1987
St.-Denis, Musée de St.-Denis. (Solo)
1986
Group exhilbition, De Vogue à femme, Rencontres Inter- nationales de la Photographie d'Arles.
1984
Robert Doisneau, Photographe du di- manche Institut Lumiére, Lyons. (Solo)
1983
Solo exhilbition of 120 photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing.
1982
Portraits, Fondation Nationale de la Photo- graphie, Lyons. (Solo)
1981
Witkin Gallery, New York. (Solo)
1980
Amsterdam (Solo)
1979
Para;s, les passants qui passent Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. (Solo)
1977
Exhibition with Guy le Querrec, Carlos Freire, Claude Rahnond-Dityvon, Bernard Descamps, and Jean Lattés, Six Photographes en quête de banlieue, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
1976
Exhibition with Brassai', Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Izis, and Marc Riboud, Kraków.
1975
Witkin Gallery, New York; Musée des Arts (Solo)
1974
University of California at Davis. (Solo)
1972
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester; New York. (Solo)
1971
Participated in traveling exhibition in France with Jacques Dubois and Roger Lecotté.
1968
Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris. (Solo)
Exhibition with D. Brihat, J. P. Sudre, and L. Clergue, Musée Cantini de Marseilles.
1965
Exhibition with Daniel Frasnay, Jean Lattés, Jeanine Niépce, Roger Pic, and Will), Ronis, Six Photographes et Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Exhibition with Henri Cartier-Bresson and André Vigneau, Musée Réattu, Aries.
1960
Solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Chicago
1951
Exhibition with Brassaï, Willy Ronis, and Izis, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1947
Salon de la Photo, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.
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Literature
1942
Illustrated his first book on science called
Les Nouveaux Destins de l’intelligence français
