Artworks by Yousuf Karsh at Huxley-Parlour on artnet

Yousuf Karsh

Winston Churchill, 1941

20,250 GBP

1908: Born in Mardin, Armenia
1925: Arrived in Canada from Syria
1926: Went to work for his Uncle Nakash at his studio, leaving behind his original desire to study medicine; started an apprenticeship with John H. Garo of Boston.
1931: Left Boston and opened his studio in Ottawa
1941: Learned lighting at Ottawa Little Theatre, and photographed Winston Churchill.
1992: Closed studio
1997: Retired to Boston, MA
2002: Died in Boston at age 93

2010: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA

G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006: Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA (solo)
2004: Tom Blau Gallery, London, England (solo)
: Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
1991: National Portrait Gallery, London, England
1989: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1983: International Center of Photography, New York, NY
1967: Montreal World's Fair

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1952: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Charles Francis Press Gallery, New York, NY (traveled)
1938: T. Eaton Company, Toronto

Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa

English (US)