Diane Arbus

(American, 1923–1971)

dr. gatch - pinkie edwards by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

Dr. Gatch - Pinkie Edwards, 1968

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patriotic young man with flag, nyc by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

Patriotic Young Man with Flag, NYC, 1967

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albino sword swallower at a carnival, md by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

Albino Sword Swallower at a Carnival, MD, 1970

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a family one evening in a nudist camp, pa by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

A Family One Evening in a Nudist Camp, PA, 1965

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fire eater at a carnival, palisades park, n. j. by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

Fire Eater at a Carnival, Palisades Park, N. J., 1957

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russian midget friends in a living room on 100th st, nyc by diane arbus

Diane Arbus

Russian Midget Friends in a Living Room on 100th St, NYC, 1963

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Biography

Timeline

1923
Born Diane Nemerov on March 14th, 1923, in New York, NY
1929 - 1937
Attended the Ethical Culture Elementary School
1937 - 1941
Attended the Fieldston High School
1941
Married Allan Arbus
1955 - 1957
Studied photography with Lisette Model, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1956
Abandoned fashion photography to pursue her own work
1959
Separated from Allan Arbus
1960
Her first published photographs appeared in Esquire
1963 - 1966
Instructor of Photography, Parson School of Design, New York, NY and Instructor of Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1963
Received her first Guggenheim Fellowship for her project AMERICAN

Exhibitions

2013
Dark Blue The Water as Protagonist - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
Une Affaire De Famille - La Photographie Dans Les Collections De Stephane, Rodolphe Et Sebastien Janssen - Museé de la photographie de Charleroi, Charleroi
Light Sensitive - Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
The Time is Now - John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Unphotographable - Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012
September 11, P.S.1. MoMa, New York, USA
Diane Arbus, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Germany (solo)
Diane Arbus, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Another story. 1000 Photographs from the Moderna Museet Collection, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Diane Arbus: Affinities, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK (solo)

Public Collections

FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge / MA, USA
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie
Davison Art Center, Middletown
Cleveland Museum of Art, USA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, USA
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham / Alabama, UK / USA
BA-CA Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
Akron Art Museum
New Orleans Museum of Art, USA

Literature

2012
Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph: Fortieth-Anniversary Edition by Marvin Israel, Doon Arbus and Diane Arbus
2011
Diane Arbus – Untitled, Ausst.Kat., Schirmer Mosel: München, 2011
Photography calling!, Ausst.Kat., Steidl: Göttingen, 2011
2005
Diane Arbus: The Libraries, 2005 (ed. by Doon Arbus)
2003
Diane Arbus: Familiy Album, 2003
Arbus, Diane. Revelations. New York: Random House and Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited
1995
Arbus and Yolanda Cuomo, Eds. Untitled. New York: Aperture
1984
Arbus, Diane. and Thomas W. Southall. Diane Arbus Magazine Work. Eds. Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. Millerton. NY: Aperture
1972
Arbus, Diane. Diane Arbus. Eds. Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel