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1924
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Born in Zurich, Switzerland
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1941 - 1944
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Began a series of apprenticeships and employment positions as a photographer’s assistant in Switzerland
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1947
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Soon after his emigration to New York in 1947, Alexey Brodovitch hired Frank as a fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar
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1955
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Guggenheim Fellowship; also 1956
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1955 - 1957
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Embarked on a two-year trip across America during which he took over 28,000 pictures
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1959
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Frank began making films
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1970 - 1971
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American Film Institute grant
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1985
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie Erich Salomon Prize
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1987
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Friends of Photography Peer Award for a Distinguished Career in Photography
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1996
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Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
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1999
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Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Göteborg
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2000
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International Center of Photography Cornell Capa Infinity Award
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2002
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Edward MacDowell Medal
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Robert Frank lives and works in New York City and Nova Scotia
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Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2009 |
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Looking In: Robert Frank’s The Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Robert Frank: Paris, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Jeu de Paume, Paris, France; Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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2008 |
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Robert Frank: Lo straniero americano, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2007 |
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Robert Frank: Words, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile (solo) |
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2005 |
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Robert Frank: Argumentos, Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (solo) |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Robert Frank: Storylines, Tate Modern, London, UK; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland; Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur, Switzerland (solo) |
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2003 |
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Robert Frank: London/Wales, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (solo) |
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2003 |
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Robert Frank Photographs, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX (solo) |
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2002 |
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Robert Frank, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON (solo) |
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2002 |
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Time Distance Memory / ROBERT FRANK: Selected Works 1948-1961 - Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City, NY (solo) |
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2002 |
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Robert Frank: A Selection 1948 - 1961, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Robert Frank: HOLD STILL – Keep Going, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal (solo) |
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1998 |
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Robert Frank: The Americans, The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI (solo) |
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1997 |
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Robert Frank, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden (solo) |
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1995 |
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Robert Frank: The Americans, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo) |
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1993 |
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Robert Frank and the everyday, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC (solo) |
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1987 |
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Robert Frank: New York to Nova Scotia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany (solo) |
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1985 |
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Robert Frank: Fotografias/Films 1948-1984, Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain (solo) |
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1980 |
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The New American Filmmakers Series: Robert Frank, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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Robert Frank: Photographer/Filmmaker, Works from 1945-1979, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (solo) |
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1962 |
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Photographs by Harry Callahan and Robert Frank, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1961 |
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Robert Frank: Photographer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo) |
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1950 |
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51 American Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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Selected Public Collections |
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Stiftung fur die Photographie, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
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George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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2003 |
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Frank Films: the film and video work of robert frank |
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2001 |
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HOLD STILL . . . Keep Going |
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1993 |
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Black White and Things |
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1986 |
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New York to Nova Scotia |
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1958 - 1959 |
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The Americans |
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