Artworks by René Burri at Atlas Gallery on artnet

René Burri

(Swiss, 1933–2014)

René Burri

Ernesto Guevara (Che), Ministry of Industry, Havana, 1963

18,500 GBP

René Burri

Ministry of Health, planned by architect Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, 1960

Price on Request

René Burri

São Paulo, Brazil, 1960, 1960

30,000–50,000 USD

René Burri

Exercising, Fort Lauderdale, 1966, 1966

10,000–20,000 USD

René Burri

Former Summer Palace, Dead Lotus Flowers on the Kunming Lake, Beijing, China, 1964, 1964

10,000–20,000 USD

René Burri

Caravan, United Arab Emirates, 1975, 1975

20,000–30,000 USD

René Burri

Wild Horses, Argentina, 1968, 1968

20,000–30,000 USD

René Burri

Landscape, Brasilia, 1960, 1960

20,000–30,000 USD

René Burri

Pablo Picasso, Bullfight, Nîmes, France, 1957, 1957

5,000–10,000 USD

René Burri

Horse, Pool and House by Luis Barragan, San Cristobal, Mexico, 1976

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1933: Born in Zürich, Switzerland
1949 - 1953: Studied at the School of Applied Arts under Hans Finsler, Alfred Willimann, and Johannes Itten, Zürich, Switzerland
1954 - 1955: Worked as a cameraman for Walt Disney Film Production in Switzerland
1959: Elected member of the Magnum Agency
1982: Became president of Magnum France
1998: Recipient, Dr. Erich Salomon Prize from the German Photography Society, DGPh
1999: Recipient, Canton of Zürich cultural prize, Zürich, Switzerland
2014: Died in Zurich, Switzerland

Exhibitions

2010: René Burri: Retrospective, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
2009: René Burri: A Retrospective, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
2008: Retrospective, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cuba; Clamor, grito y amor, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France
2007: Un Mundo, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico
2006: Le Corbusier/Burri: dialogue, Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, France
Retrospective 1950 - 2000, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK (solo)
Un Mundo, Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
2005: Utopia: Architecture et Architecte, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Photos of Jean Tinguely & Co, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Retrospective: Arengario, Museum fur Gestaltung, Zürich, Switzerland
Retrospective, Maison européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France; Traveled to: C/O Gallery, Berlin, Germany and Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004: Utopia: Architecture et Architecte, Hermès Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Retrospective 1950–2000, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
2002: Berner Blitz, Galerie Karrer, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
2000: Luis Barragan, Architekturmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; Traveled to: Institut d'Architecture de France, Paris, France
1998: 77 Strange Sensations, Villa Tobler, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Die Deutschen, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (between 1998 and 2003 also in Kaufbeuren, Velbert, Toulouse, Burghausen) (solo)
1997: Che, Fnac-Forum, Paris, France and Galerie R. Mangisch, Zürich, Switzerland (between 1997 and 2001 also in Barcelona, Lille, Lisbon) (solo)
1995: Le Paris de René Burri, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France (solo)
1994: Dialogue avec Le Corbusier, Museo de arte moderno de Medellín, Medellín, Spain (1995 also in Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and in Lima, Peru) (solo)
1987: Dans la familiarité de Corbu, Le Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
An American Dream, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (solo)
1984 - 1985: One World, Berner Photo-Galerie, Berne, Switzerland (solo); Traveled to: Centre National de la Photographie and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
1980 - 1981: Die Deutschen, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany (solo)
Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Galerie Nagel, Berlin, Germany (solo)
1972: Retrospective, Raffi Photo Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Il Diaframma, Milan, Italy (solo)
1971: 50 Photographies de René Burri , Galerie Rencontre, Paris, France (solo)
1970: Die Deutschen, Rudolf Kicken, Cologne, Germany
1967: Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1966: China, Galerie Form, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)

Literature

2004: Che Guevara Cigar Box, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK
: René Burri Photographs, Phaidon Press Ltd, UK; (Photographies) Phaidon Press, France
1983: Rene Burri, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Italy

René Burri

(Swiss, 1933–2014)

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

René Burri

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

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