biography of Édouard BOUBAT (1923-1999)
Personal data
Birth : 09/13/1923 - Paris, France
Death : 06/30/1999 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Education
1938 – 1942 : Ecole Supérieure Estienne des arts appliqués et industries graphiques (Photoengraving) – 18 avenue Blanqui – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1952:Starts exhibiting with BRASSAI, Robert DOISNEAU, IZIS and FACHETTI at the gallery of the bookshop “La Hune”, Paris, France.
1946:Starts photographing.
1967:Reporter for the French magazine “Réalités”.
Prizes
1984
1984 : Grand Prix de la Photographie – Paris, France
Awards
1988
1988 : The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography – Gothenburg, Sweden
Awarded by : Hasselblad Center – Ekmansgatan 8 – Gothenburg, Sweden
1977
1977 : Grand Prix du Livre d’Arles , For his book “La Survivance” – Arles, France
1947
1947 : Kodak Prize – Paris, France
Context: Salon international de la photographie (1947)
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Black & white photograph - Bromoil gelatin silver print
Subject
documentationchildren
women
human being
nature
landscape
Daily life
Movements and styles
Humanistic PhotographyPhotojournalism
Works
Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris | |
Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : landscape | |
Lella, Bretagne | |
Date of creation : 1947 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Subject : women | |
La petite fille vêtue de feuilles mortes | |
Date of creation : 1946 Medium : Black & white photograph Subject : children | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
Galerie du Quartz – Brest, France
08/27/2005 – 10/22/2005
2004
Galerie Agathe Gaillard – Paris, France
10/29/2004 – 12/14/2004
2000
Peter Fetterman Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
09/09/2000 – 11/10/2000
1977
Galerie Fiolet – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1977
1976
Photographs by Edouard Boubat
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
10/31/1976 – 01/09/1977
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
2003
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Jackson Fine Art – 3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue – Atlanta GA, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : A Gallery for Fine Photography – 322 Royal Street – New Orleans LA, 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 : Peter Fetterman Gallery – Bergamot Station 2525 Michigan Avenue, A-7 – Santa Monica CA, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Agathe Gaillard – 3 Rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe – Paris, France
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 : Irving Galleries – 322 Worth Avenue – Palm Beach FL, United States
1947
Salon international de la photographie
Paris, France
1947
Festivals
1999
PHotoEspaña 99 – Festival Internacional de Fotografía, n° 2
Madrid, Spain
06/1999
Group exhibitions
2003
French Masters
Peter Fetterman Gallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
02/01/2003 – 03/28/2003
2002
Le Photojournalisme à Paris
Salons Aguado, Mairie du 9ème arrondissement – Paris, France
10/17/2002 – 11/13/2002
Große Lichtbildner des 20. Jahrhunderts
In Focus – Galerie am Dom – Cologne, Germany
09/06/2002 – 10/12/2002
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
The Fnac Collection. Photography, half historical and half poetic
Centre Culturel Français – Milan MI, Italy
03/21/2002 – 05/05/2002
The Fnac Collection. Photography, half historical and half poetic
Galleria della Fnac – Milan MI, Italy
03/21/2002 – 05/05/2002
The Fnac Collection. Photography, half historical and half poetic
Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese – Milan MI, Italy
03/21/2002 – 05/05/2002
2001
Eulogy to Beauty
Photofusion – London, United Kingdom
09/14/2001 – 10/27/2001
Les Métamorphoses
Bar Floréal – Paris, France
09/13/2001 – 11/21/2001
2000
The Poetry of the Everyday
Rudolph E. Lee Gallery – Clemson University – Clemson SC, United States
10/24/2000 – 11/23/2000
1998
Hope Photographs
Museum of Art – University of Oregon – Eugene OR, United States
01/13/1998 – 03/03/1998
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1998
La Bible de Boubat
France
1998
1996
Donne-moi quelque chose qui ne meurt pas
France
1996
1995
Carnets d’Amérique
France
1995
1993
Amoureux de Paris
France
1993
1991
Arbre, portrait
France
1991
1990
Préférées
France
1990
Le Paris de Boubat
France
1990
1989
La photographie
Publisher: Le Livre de Poche – Paris, France
1989
ISBN : 2253050202
Pauses
France
1989
1987
Lella
France
1987
1981
Vues de dos
France
1981
1979
Des clefs et des serrures
France
1979
1978
L’Ombre de l’autre
France
1978
1976
La Survivance
Publisher: Editions Mercure de France – 26, rue de Condé – Paris, France
1976
ISBN : 2715201745
1974
Anges
France
1974
1973
Miroirs
France
1973
1972
Femmes
France
1972
1957
L’Ode Maritime
France
1957
On the artist
Books
1984
Journal de voyage au Canada
Publisher: Editions Robert Laffont – Paris, France
Author: Tournier Michel – Paris, France
1984
Édouard BOUBAT [ 1923-1999 ]
ISBN : 2-221-04502-5
Periodicals
2003
TARIANT Eric – Paris Photo
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 234 p. 141
Paris, France
11/2003
2002
Édouard Boubat pour la liberté de la presse
Publisher: Reporters Sans Frontières – 5 rue Geoffroy-Marie – Paris, France
2002