biography of Berenice ABBOTT (1898-1991)
Personal data
Birth : 07/17/1898 - Springfield OH Ohio, United States
Death : 12/09/1991 - Monson ME Maine, United States
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Representatives
Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States
Robert Miller Gallery – 524 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1917 – 1918 : Ohio State University – 128 North Oval Mall – Columbus OH, United States
1920 : The Art Students League of New York – 215 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1929:Returns to the United States
1927:After Atget’s death she buys collection of ten thousand glass plates and prints, subsequently launching a campaign to preserve his work
1926:Meets Eugène Atget
1923 – 1926:Begins her photographic career as the darkroom assistant and apprentice to Man Ray
1921:Leaves America for Paris, France
Other professions
1934 – 1958 : Professor
New School for Social Research – New York NY, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Subject
documentationhistory/society
portrait
science
urbanism
Movements and styles
Photo LeagueSolo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
1998
Changing New York: the complete WPA Project
Museum of the City of New York – New York NY, United States
03/14/1998 – 06/21/1998
1937
Changing New York
Museum of the City of New York – New York NY, United States
1937
1934
New York Photographs by Berenice Abbott
Museum of the City of New York – New York NY, United States
1934
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Bonni Benrubi Gallery – 41 East 57th Street 13th floor – New York NY, United States
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Vintage Works Limited – 258 Inverness Circle – Chalfont PA, United States
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Gallery 19th 21st – 9 Little Harbor road – Guilford CT, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Barry Singer Gallery – 7 Western Avenue – Petaluma CA, United States
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Françoise Paviot – 57 Rue Sainte-Anne – Paris, France
AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Barry Singer Gallery – 7 Western Avenue – Petaluma CA, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : A Gallery for Fine Photography – 322 Royal Street – New Orleans LA, United States
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Françoise Paviot – 57 Rue Sainte-Anne – Paris, France
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Peter Fetterman Gallery – Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, A-7 – Santa Monica CA, United States
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Afterimage Photograph Gallery – The Quadrangle #141 2800 Routh Street – Dallas TX, United States
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Lee Marks Fine Art – 2208 East 350N – Shelbyville IN, United States
1999
Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Jane Corkin Gallery – 55 Mill street, Bulding 61 – Toronto ON, Canada
Festivals
2002
Femeninos – PhotoEspaña
Madrid, Spain
06/12/2002 – 07/14/2002
Group exhibitions
2002
New York New York
Staley + Wise Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/2002 – 04/27/2002
America the Beautiful
Monroe Gallery of Photography – Santa Fe NM, United States
2002 – 09/29/2002
La Fotografia tra Storia e Poesia: La Collezione Fotografica della FNAC
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia – Turin TO, Italy
05/23/2002 – 07/28/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
04/12/2002 – 06/23/2002
The Life of the City
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/28/2002 – 05/21/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
01/17/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 12/31/2001
Forty Years of Abbott and Holder
Abbott and Holder – London, United Kingdom
10/09/2001 – 10/23/2001
2000
Eugène Atget / Berenice Abbott
Musée Carnavalet – Paris, France
01/2000
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