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Feldschuh Gallery

New York

Lucien Clergue

(French, 1934–2014)

saltimbanque, danseuse, arles by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Saltimbanque, Danseuse, Arles, 1955

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reeds reflected in water – marshes, camargue by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Reeds Reflected In Water – Marshes, Camargue, 1976

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nude on the beach by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Nude on the Beach, 1958

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pablo picasso by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Pablo Picasso, 1956

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yosemite, 1974 by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Yosemite, 1974, 1974

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untitled (nude) by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Untitled (Nude)

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jean cocteau and sphinx, testament d’orphee by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Jean Cocteau and Sphinx, Testament d’Orphee, 1959

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nu de la mer, camargue by lucien clergue

Lucien Clergue

Nu de la Mer, Camargue, 1970

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Biography

Timeline

1934
Born in Arles, France
1959
Guest photographer on Jean Cocteau’s film Le Testament d’Orphée
1966
Recieved the Louis Lumière Prize for his film Le drame du Taureau
1969
Founded the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie in Arles with Jean-Maurice Rouquette and Michel Tournier
1974
Clergue is elected a member of the Académie in Arles, France
1979
Recieved the National Order of Merit from President Giscard d’Estaing, France
Recieved a doctorate in photography at the Université de Provence, Marseille, Franced
1986
Awarded Photographer of the Year by the Foto Fietsa in Higeshikawa, Japan
2003
Presented with the decoration Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by French president Jacques Chirac
2005
Awarded the Lucie Award for the Outstanding Life Achievement in Fine Arts in Photography
2014
Died in Nîmes, France

Exhibitions

2011
Testament of Orpheus, 1959, Westwood Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2009
Lucien Clergue : The Intimate Picasso, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2007
Lucien Clergue, Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA (solo)
2006
Lucien Clergue: Fifty Years of Photography - Vintage and Recent Works, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
2005
John Stevenson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004
Recontres Internationales de la Photographie, Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles, France (solo)
2003
Retrospectif: Lucien Clergue, FLATFILEgalleries, Chicago, IL (solo)
2002
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nîmes, France (solo)
1999
Retrospective exhibition, Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Dortmund, Germany (solo)
1998
4 Decades of Photography, SoHo Triad Fine Arts, New York, NY

Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Harvard University Art Museum, MA
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Lucien Clergue in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MI
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Literature

2005
Lucien Clergue: histoire d’a, Edizioni del Museo, Brescia, Italy
Portraits, Actes Sud, Arles, France
2003
Poésie Photographique, preface by Manfred Heiting, edited by E-M. Turck, Prestel Verlag, Munich, Germany
1996
Phèdre. La suprême déclaration d’amour, texts by A. Delbée, J & D, Biarritz, France
1985
Lucien Clergue, Eros and Thanatos, texts by M. Tournier and M. Fulton, New York Graphic Society, Boston, MA
1964
Lucien Clergue, Photographe, Die Arche Verlag, Zurich, Switzerland
1960
Poesie der Fotographie, introduction by J. Cocteau, DuMont Shauberg, Cologne, Germany
1957
Corps mémorable, poems by P. Eluard, Seghers, Paris, France
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