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Henri Cartier-Bresson

(French, 1908–2004)

seville by henri cartier-bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Seville, 1933

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seville by henri cartier-bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Seville, 1933–1960

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rue mouffetard, paris by henri cartier-bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Rue Mouffetard, Paris, 1954

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island of siphnos, the cyclades, greece by henri cartier-bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Island of Siphnos, The Cyclades, Greece, 1961

38,000 GBP

Biography

Timeline

1908
Born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
1927 - 1928
Studied painting under Cubist painter and sculptor André Lhote at the Lhote Academy in Paris, France
1931
Spent one year in the Ivory Coast, where he took his first photographs
Traveled throughout Europe with Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues and Leonor Fini
1932
Studied Cinematography with Paul Strand, New York, USA
Discovered the Leica, his camera of choice thereafter
1936 - 1939
Worked as a production assistant for Jean Renoir in Paris, France
1940
Captured by the Nazis while fighting in the French Army
1943
Escaped from prison on his third attempt and subsequently joined an underground organization to assist prisoners and escapees
Began taking portraits of artists and writers for Editions Braun, including Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque and Camille Claudel
1944 - 1945
Joined a group of professional photographers in order to document the liberation of Paris
Finished Le Retour (The Return), a documentary film about returning captives and deportees

Exhibitions

2013
Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Light Sensitive, Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, USA
The Decisive Momen, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
2012
Magnum Contacts, Magnum Photos Paris, Paris, France
Henri Cartier-Bresson - The Decisive Moment, Galerie Johannes Faber, Vienna, Austria
2011
Henri Cartier-Bresson - Der Kompass im Auge: Amerika-Indien-Sowjetunion - KunstHaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Henri Cartier-Bresson. Die Geometrie des Augenblicks - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Man, The Image & The World, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
2010
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Victor Barsokevitsch Photographic Centre, Kuopio, Finland
Very Early Prints, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, USA
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, Eric Franck Fine Art, London, England
Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2009
Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris, France
Henri Cartier-Bresson. Russia - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Die Europäer, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Early Prints, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, USA
2008
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Early Works, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (solo)
National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Santa Catalina Castle, Cadiz, Spain
2007
Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook: Photographs, 1932-46, International Center of Photography, New York, USA (solo)
2006
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Di chi si tratta Forma, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy (solo)
2004
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2003 - 2005
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy
Museum of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Public Collections

Stockholm Modern Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan

Literature

2006
Scrapbook, Steidl, Germany
Portraits par Henri Cartier-Bresson, Thames & Hudson, France; (The portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson) Thames & Hudson, UK
2003
De qui s'agit-il ?, Gallimard/Bibliothèque Nationale de France; (The Man, the Image and the World) Thames & Hudson, UK; (Di chi si tratta ?) Contrasto, Italy
2001
Orsenna, Erik and Gerard Mace. Cartier-Bresson: Landscapes. London: Thames and Hudson, 2001
2000
Cartier-Bresson. Cartier-Bresson: Towards another fire. Paris: Nautilus, 2000
1998
Groumbursch, Ernst H. Cartier-Bresson: Portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998
1994
Fuentes, Carlos. Cartier-Bresson: Mexican Notebooks. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994
Feyder, Vera and Andre Pieryre de Mandi Argles. Cartier-Bresson: Paris. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994
1991
Mora, Giles. Cartier-Bresson: America. New York: Bulfinch, 1991
1987
Clair, Jean. Cartier-Bresson: The Europeans. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987
Statyajit, Ray and Yves Vwquad. Cartier-Bresson: In India. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987
Galossi, Peter. Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1987
1954
de Zoete Delpire, Béryl and Artaud Antonin. Les Danses à Bali. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952
English (US)

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