Artworks by Henri Cartier-Bresson at Robert Koch Gallery on artnet

Henri Cartier-Bresson

(French, 1908–2004)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Behind the Gare Saint-Lazare, 1932

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Seville, 1933–1993

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On the Banks of the Marne, 1938–1993

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Nehru Announces Gandhi's Death, Birla House, Delhi, India, 1948

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Iranian Woman in Chadar, 1959

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Yumen Oil Rigger, 1959

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Workers, India, 1947–1967

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Calle Cuauhtemocztin, Mexico City, 1938–1993

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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
1947: Founded Magnum Photos with Robert Capa, George Rodger, David 'Chim' Seymour and William Vandivert
1948: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1953: A.S.M.P. Award
1954: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1959: Prix de la Société Française de Photographie
1960: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1964: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1975: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
: Culture Prize
1981: Awarded the Grand Prix National from the French Ministry of Culture
1986: Granted the Novecento Award by Jorge Luis Borges in Palermo, Italy
1988: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY established the Henri Cartier-Bresson Prize
2003: The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation opened in Paris, France
2004: Died in Montjustin, France

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
1998 - 1999: Photographien und Zeichnungen, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1998: Tete à Tete, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, USA
Line by Line, Royal College of Art, London, England
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada
Henri Cartier-Bresson: 1974-1997, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France (solo)
De Européenne, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
1996: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Pen brush and Cameras, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA (solo)
1995: Dessins e Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Valence, Montbeliard, France (solo)
1994: Dessins e première photos, La Caridad, Barcelona, Spain
1993: Photo Dessin, Arles, France
1992: Musée de Noyers-sur-Serein, France
Palazzo San Vitale, Parma, Italy
Centro de Exposiciones, Saragossa and Logrono, Spain
L’Amérique, FNAC, Paris, France
Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson, International Center of Photography, New York, USA (solo)
1991: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1990: Galerie Arnold Herstand, New York, USA
1989: Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland
Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
Chapelle de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1988: Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
Salzburger Landessammlung, Vienna, Austria
Institute français, Athens, Greece
1987: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England
Henri-Cartier Bresson: Early Photographs, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1986: L’Institute français de Stockholm, Sweden
Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
Pavillon d’Arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1985: Henri Cartier-Bresson in India, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico
Paris à vue d’oil, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
1984: Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
1983: Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1982: Hommage a Henri Cartier-Bresson, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
1981: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Musée d’Art de la Ville, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
1980: Portraits, Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, Switzerland
1975: Carlton Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1964: Philipps Collection, Washington, D.C.
1963: Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1956: Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1955: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France (solo)
First exhibition in France at the Pavillon de Marsan, Musee du Louvre, Paris, France (solo)
1952: Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
1947: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1934: Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
1933: Julien Levy Gallery, New York, USA
Cercle Atheneo, Madrid, Spain

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
: Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

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
1952: Cartier-Bresson. The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952
1947: Kirstein, Licoln. The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1947 (catalogue)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

(French, 1908–2004)

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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