Discover photographer, cinematographer, draftsperson Henri Cartier-Bresson

Name variations

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: Bresson, Henri Cartier-
Cartier-Bresson, Henry

Qualifications: photographer, cinematographer, draftsperson, painter

Nationality/school: French

Born: Chanteloup 1908-08-22

Deceased: Provence (area)/Paris 2004-08-02
zie Hayworth-Booth 2004

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: trouwde in 1970 met de fotografe Martine Franck

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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7 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
2 hits in RKDlibrary as author
1 hit in RKDlibrary as illustrator

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Biographical information

Education: Cambridge (Engeland): opleiding

studeerde literatuur en schilderkunst in Cambridge in 1928-1929

Active in

Afrika 1931
begon hier met fotografie
Mexico (land) 1934 - 1935
deelname aan ethnografische expeditie in Mexico
New York City 1935
leerde filmen bij Paul Strand
Duitsland 1940 - 1943
in 1940-1943 in krijgsgevangenschap in Duitsland
India 1948 - 1950
Myanmar 1948 - 1950
Pakistan 1948 - 1950
China 1948 - 1950
Indonesië 1948 - 1950
reisde in 1948-1950 naar India, Birma, Pakistan, China en Indonesië
Sovjet-Unie (hist.) 1954
China 1958 - 1959
Cuba 1960
Mexico (land) 1960
Canada 1960
India 1965
Japan 1965
Parijs

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Lhôte, André
Strand, Paul
leerling schilderkunst in 1927-1928 bij Lhôte; leerde filmen van Paul Strand in New York
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Fernández, Jesse
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: DeCarava, Roy
Fernández, Jesse
Di Sandro, Juan
Comesaña, Eduardo
Gil, Eduardo
Lima, Mauricio
Hahndiek, Herman J.

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: cubism

Member of

Magnum Photos Inc.
medeoprichter van Magnum in 1947

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 7 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
2 hits in RKDlibrary as author

Koetzle 2002 , p. 82-83 (as: Henri Cartier-Bresson)

M.G., 'Zeichnungen und Malereien von Henri Cartier-Bresson', Du, mei 1974, p. 54-68
M. Haworth-Booth, 'Remembering Henri Cartier-Bresson', in: The Art Newspaper, nr. 150, september 2004, p. 30
G.A. Tiberghien, 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: la photographie comme forme de vie', in: Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, 92, été 2005, p. 42-53
G.A. Tiberghien, ' "Le dur plaisir de photographier". Entretien avec Henri Cartier-Bresson', in: Les Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne, 92, été 2005, p. 54-63
Lyons, N.: Photographers on Photography (1966) (NFM)
Kahmen, V. : Photography as Art (1974) (NFM)
Weiermair, Peter: Photographie als Kunst 1879-1979 (tent.cat. 1979) (NFM)
Eskildsen, U. (ed.): "Subjektive Fotografie". Images of the 50's (tent.cat. San Francisco, 1984) (NFM)
Contemporary Photographers (2nd ed. 1988) (NFM)
Fulton, M.: Eyes of Time 1988, p. 300 (NFM)
Manchester, W.: In Our Time. The World as Seen by Magnum Photographers (1989) (NFM)
Musée d'Arles (1990) (NFM)
11. Encontros de Fotografia, 1991, Biogr. (NFM)
International Photo-Auction Amsterdam 1993 (NFM)
Contemporary Photographers (3rd ed. 1995) (NFM)
Dictionnaire de la Photo (Larousse, 1996) (NFM)
Ewing, William A.: Liefde & Verlangen (1999) (NFM)
Misselbeck, R. (Hrsg.): Prestel-Lexikon der Fotografen (2002) (NFM)
Lenman, Robin (ed.): The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (2005) (NFM)
Warren, Lynne (ed.): Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography (2006) (NFM)

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PDO/Foreign Artists

External links: http://www.henricartierbresson.org/
http://www.photo-seminars.com/Fame/bresson.htm
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/cb/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/museums/photogallery/bresson/
http://www.hackelbury.co.uk/artists/cbresson/hcb_sm.html
http://www.hackelbury.co.uk/artists/cbresson/hcb_pic03.html
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&ALofALID=29YL53IQ1W7&CT=Album&IT=ThumbAlbum01_VForm

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