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Biografie Brassaï
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1899 |
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Born: in Brasso, Transylvania (now Romanian)
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1920 |
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Moved to Berlin and studied at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany
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1924 |
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Moved to Paris, France where he would live the rest of his life
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1933 |
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Published his first book of photographs titled "Paris after Dark"
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1956 |
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Won the "Most Original Film" award at the Cannes Film Festival with his film "Tant qu'il aura des bêtes"
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1974 |
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Named "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres", Paris, France
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1976 |
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Received the "Legion of Honor", Paris, France
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1978 |
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Won the first "Grand Prix National de la Photographie" in Paris, France
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1984 |
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Died: in Eze, France
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| Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2011
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Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris
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2010
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Brassaï - la maison que j'habite,Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France 9solo)
Brassaï - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes - MNBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today, MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Paris des rêves, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France (solo)
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, ICP International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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2009
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Brassaï - Paris in the 30's, Edwynn Houk Gallery, NewYork, NY (solo)
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2008
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Brassai: graffiti, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2007
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Hungarian House of Photography, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2006
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Paris by Night, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (solo)
Retrospective, Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia (solo)
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2005 - 2006
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Brassai: The Photographer of the Night, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, DK (solo)
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2005
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Brassaï, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2004
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Brassaï: Das Auge von Paris, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
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2003
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Brassaï: Paris, Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2000
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Retrospective, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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1998
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Brassaï: The Eye of Paris, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; National Gallery of art, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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1997
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Brassai and Company: Photography of the 1930s, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1995
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Photographies de Brassaï, Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
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1994
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Brassaï - vom Surrealismus zum Informel, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (solo)
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1993
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Brassaï, Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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1988
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Brassaï. Paris le jour, Paris la nuit,Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France (solo)
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1984
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Brassaï Memorial 1899-1984, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1973
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Brassai Photographs, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo)
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1968
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Brassaï, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1954
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Photographs by Brassai, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Indianapolis Museum of Art - IMA, Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris, France<
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