Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French: [kaʁtje bʁɛsɔ̃]; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 35mm film.[1] He pioneered the genre of street photography, and viewed photography as capturing a decisive moment.[2][3]
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(1908-08-22)22 August 1908
3 August 2004(2004-08-03) (aged 95)
Montjustin, France
Lycée Condorcet, Paris
- Photographer
- painter
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- Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1981)
- Hasselblad Award (1982)
Cartier-Bresson was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos in 1947.[4] In the 1970s, he largely discontinued his photographic work, instead opting to paint.
Later career[edit]
Cartier-Bresson's photography took him to many places, including China, Mexico, Canada, the United States, India, Japan, Portugal and the Soviet Union. While traveling in China in 1958, Cartier-Bresson documented the construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir.[30] He became the first Western photographer to photograph "freely" in the post-war Soviet Union.
In 1962, on behalf of Vogue, he went to Sardinia for about twenty days. There he visited Nuoro, Oliena, Orgosolo Mamoiada Desulo, Orosei, Cala Gonone, Orani (hosted by his friend Costantino Nivola), San Leonardo di Siete Fuentes, and Cagliari.[31]
Cartier-Bresson withdrew as a principal of Magnum (which still distributes his photographs) in 1966 to concentrate on portraiture and landscapes.
He was also close friends with brothers Alberto Giacometti and Diego Giacometti in Paris.[32]
In 1967, he was divorced from his first wife of 30 years, Ratna (known as "Elie"). In 1968, he began to turn away from photography and return to his passion for drawing and painting. He admitted that perhaps he had said all he could through photography. He married Magnum photographer Martine Franck, thirty years younger than himself, in 1970.[33] The couple had a daughter, Mélanie, in May 1972.
Cartier-Bresson retired from photography in the early 1970s, and by 1975 no longer took pictures other than an occasional private portrait; he said he kept his camera in a safe at his house and rarely took it out. He returned to drawing, mainly using pencil, pen and ink,[34] and to painting. He held his first exhibition of drawings at the Carlton Gallery in New York in 1975.
1947: The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Text by Lincoln Kirstein. New York: .
Museum of Modern Art
Steidl
1954: Les Danses à Bali. Texts by on Balinese theater and commentary by Béryl de Zoete Paris: Delpire. German edition.
Antonin Artaud
1955: The Europeans. Text and photographs by Cartier-Bresson. Cover by . New York: Simon & Schuster. French edition.
Joan Miró
1955: People of Moscow. London: . French, German and Italian editions.
Thames & Hudson
1956: China in Transition. London: Thames & Hudson. French, German and Italian editions.
1958: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Fotografie. Prague and Bratislava: Statni nakladatelstvi krasné. Text by .
Anna Farova
1963: Photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson. New York: . French, English, Japanese and Swiss editions.
Grossman Publisher
1964: China. Photographs and notes on fifteen months spent in China. Text by Barbara Miller. New York: . French edition.
Bantam
1966: Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art. Text by . Translated from the French L'Art sans art d'Henri Cartier-Bresson by Ruth Taylor. New York: Bulfinch Press.
Jean-Pierre Montier
1968: The World of HCB. New York: . French, German and Swiss editions. ISBN 978-0670786640
Viking Press
1969: Man and Machine. Commissioned by . French, German, Italian and Spanish editions.
IBM
1970: France. Text by François Nourissier. London: Thames & Hudson. French and German editions.
1972: The Face of Asia. Introduction by . New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill; Hong Kong: Orientations. French edition.
Robert Shaplen
1973: About Russia. London: Thames & Hudson. French, German and Swiss editions.
1976: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Texts by Cartier-Bresson. History of Photography Series. History of Photography Series. French, German, Italian, Japanese and Italian editions.
1979: Henri Cartier-Bresson Photographer. Text by . New York: Bulfinch. French, English, German, Japanese and Italian editions. ISBN 978-0821207567
Yves Bonnefoy
1983: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Ritratti = Henri Cartier-Bresson. Portraits. Texts by and Ferdinando Scianna, "I Grandi Fotografi". Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri. English and Spanish editions.
André Pieyre de Mandiargues
Satyajit Ray
Peter Galassi
Robert Guillain
Gilles Mora
Véra Feyder
1996: L'Imaginaire d'après nature. Text by Cartier-Bresson. Paris: Fata Morgana. German and English editions'
1997: Europeans. Texts by Jean Clair. London: Thames & Hudson. French, German, Italian and Portuguese editions.
1998: Tête à tête. Texts by . London: Thames & Hudson. French, German, Italian and Portuguese editions.
Ernst H. Gombrich
1999: The Mind's Eye. Text by Cartier-Bresson. New York: . French and German editions.
Aperture
1999: Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography. Text by Pierre Assouline, translated by David Wilson. London: Thames and Hudson.
2001: Landscape Townscape. Texts by and Gérard Macé. London: Thames & Hudson. French, German and Italian editions.
Erik Orsenna
2003: The Man, the Image and the World. Texts by , Jean Clair, Claude Cookman, Robert Delpire, Jean Leymarie, Jean-Noel Jeanneney and Serge Toubiana. London: Thames & Hudson, 2003. German, French, Korean, Italian and Spanish editions.
Philippe Arbaizar
ISBN
2006: An Inner SIlence: The portraits of Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York: Thames & Hudson. Texts by and Jean-Luc Nancy.
Agnès Sire
2010: Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Reprint edition. 978-0870707780
ISBN
2017: Henri Cartier-Bresson Fotógrafo. Delpire.
1933 Cercle Ateneo, Madrid
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1933 Julien Levy Gallery, New York
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1947 , New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy; Dean Gallery, Edinburgh; Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile[52]
Museum of Modern Art
1952 , London
Institute of Contemporary Arts
1955 Retrospektive – Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
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1956 , Cologne, Germany
Photokina
1963 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1964 The Phillips Collection, Washington
1965–1967 2nd retrospective, Tokyo, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, New York, London, Amsterdam, Rome, Zurich, Cologne and other cities.
1970 En France – Grand Palais, Paris. Later in the US, USSR, Australia and Japan
1971 Les Rencontres d'Arles festival. Movies screened at Théatre Antique.
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1972 Les Rencontres d'Arles festival. "Flagrant Délit " (Production Delpire) screened at Théatre Antique.
1974–1997 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris
1975 Carlton Gallery, New York
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1975 Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1980 Brooklyn Museum, New York
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1980 Photographs, Art Institute of Chicago
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1980 Portraits – Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, Switzerland
1981 Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1982 Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson – Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
1983 Printemps Ginza – Tokyo
1984 Osaka University of Arts, Japan
1984–1985 Paris à vue d’œil – Musée Carnavalet, Paris
1985 Henri Cartier-Bresson en Inde – Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
1985 Museo de Arte Moderno de México, Mexico
1986 L'Institut Français de Stockholm
1986 Pavillon d'Arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1986 Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
1987 , UK (drawings and photography)
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
1987 Early Photographs – Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988 Institut Français, Athen, Greece
1988 Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
1988 Salzburger Landessammlung, Austria
1988 Group exhibition: "Magnum en Chine" at , France.
Rencontres d'Arles
1989 Chapelle de l'École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1989 Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany (drawings and photography)
1989 Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Galerie Arnold Herstand, New York
1991 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (drawings and photographs)
1992 Centro de Exposiciones, Saragossa and Logrono, Spain
1992 Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson – International Center of Photography, New York
1992 L'Amérique – FNAC, Paris
1992 Musée de Noyers-sur-Serein, France
1992 Palazzo San Vitale, Parma, Italy
1993 Photo Dessin – Dessin Photo, Arles, France
1994 "Henri Cartier-Bresson, point d'interrogation" by Sarah Moon screened at Rencontres d'Arles festival, France.
1994 Dessins et premières photos – La Caridad, Barcelona, Spain
1995 Dessins et Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson – CRAC (Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain) Valence, Drome, France
1996 Henri Cartier-Bresson: Pen, Brush and Cameras – The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, US
1997 Les Européens – Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
1997 Henri Cartier-Bresson, dessins – Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal
1998 Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
1998 Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1998 Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
1998 Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998 Line by Line – Royal College of Art, London
1998 Tête à Tête – National Portrait Gallery, London
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1998–1999 Photographien und Zeichnungen – Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2003–2005 Rétrospective, , Paris;[60] La Caixa, Barcelona; Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; Museum of Modern Art, Rome; Dean Gallery, Edinburgh; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile
Bibliothèque nationale de France
2004 Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
2004 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004 Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2008 Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook Photographs 1932–46, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK
2008 National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
2008 Santa Catalina Castle, Cadiz, Spain
2009 Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris
2010 Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2010 The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
2011 , Atlanta, GA
High Museum of Art
2011 , Germany
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2011 , Brisbane, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery
2011-2012 , Vienna, Austria
KunstHausWien
2015 , Helsinki
Ateneum
2017 Leica Gallery, San Francisco.
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2017 Museo Botero/Banco de la Republica, Bogota Colombia
2018 International Center of Photography, New York
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2022 Cina 1948-49/1958, MUDEC, Milan, Italy
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2022 L'expérience du paysage, , Paris, France
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
De Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, US
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Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France
University of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
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Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
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Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
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Museum of Modern Art, New York City
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Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
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Institute for Contemporary Photography, New York City
The Philadelphia Art Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, US
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Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Cartier-Bresson's work is held in the following public collections:
1953: The A.S.M.P. Award
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1954: Overseas Press Club of America Award
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1960: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1964: Overseas Press Club of America Award
1981: Grand Prix National de la Photographie
Assouline, P. (2005). Henri Cartier-Bresson: A Biography. London: Thames & Hudson.
Galassi, Peter (2010). Henri Cartier-Bresson: the Modern Century. London: .
Thames & Hudson
Montier, J. (1996). Portrait: First Sketch. Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art (p. 12). New York: Bulfinch Press.
Warren, J (2005), Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography. Routledge
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
at Magnum Photos
Cartier-Bresson's portfolio
Magnum Photos
Tête à Tête: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004): When photography becomes art
"", in The Observer.