biography of Robert CAPA (1913-1954)

Personal data

Birth : 10/22/1913 - Budapest, Hungary
Death : 05/25/1954 - Thái Bình, Vietnam
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Family relations

Brother of Cornell CAPA [ 1918-2008 ]

Representatives

Lee Gallery – 1 Mount Vernon Street – Winchester MA, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

1933:Moves to Paris, France.
1931:Laboratory assistant of Ullstein.
Travels in China, Italy, France, Germany, Israel, Spain.

Other professions

1932 – 1933 : Assistant – Photography
Dephot (Deutscher Photodienst) – Germany

1933 : Freelance Photographer

Affiliated to an association

Magnum Agency – New York NY, United States

Work

Categorie and medium


Photography : Bromoil gelatin silver print - Gelatin silver print - Vintage bromoil gelatin silver print

Subject

documentation
war
human being
portrait

Movements and styles

Humanistic Photography
Photojournalism

Works

Jour J
Date of creation : 1944
Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print
Subject : war
Size : 23 x 34 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2005

Rétrospective
Martin-Gropius-Bau – Berlin, Germany
01/22/2005 – 04/18/2005

2004

Capa, connu et inconnu
BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France – Paris, France
10/06/2004 – 12/31/2004

2002

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme – Paris, France
10/28/2002 – 01/05/2002

2001

Robert Capa: Photographs
Aperture – New York NY, United States
2001

Fratelli Alinari – Triest TS, Italy
09/09/2001 – 11/18/2001

Musée de L’Elysée – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
01/25/2001 – 04/16/2001

2000

Robert Capa: Photographs
Worcester Art Museum – Worcester MA, United States
04/02/2000 – 06/04/2000

Robert Capa: Photographs
Helsinki City Art Museum – Helsinki, Finland
01/18/2000 – 03/26/2000

1999

Musée d’Art Américain de Giverny – Giverny, France
06/08/1999 – 10/31/1999

Mead Gallery – Coventry, United Kingdom
01/09/1999 – 03/20/1999

1998

Gallery of Photography – Dublin, Ireland
12/01/1998 – 01/02/1999

Terra Museum of American Art – Chicago IL, United States
10/09/1998 – 01/03/1999

The Photographers’ Gallery – London, United Kingdom
07/25/1998 – 09/19/1998

Capa, connu et inconnu
The Museum of Photographic Arts – San Diego CA, United States
07/02/1998 – 09/08/1998

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
05/30/1998 – 07/12/1998

Fratelli Alinari, Palazzo Medici Riccardi – Florence FI, Italy
03/20/1998 – 05/20/1998

ICP International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
03/14/1998 – 06/07/1998

Caja de Madrid – Saragossa, Spain
01/14/1998 – 02/02/1998

1997

Caja de Madrid – Barcelona, Spain
12/17/1997 – 01/09/1998

Philadelphia Museum of Art – Philadelphia PA, United States
10/04/1997 – 01/04/1998

Palazzo Delle Esposizioni – Rome, Italy
09/10/1997 – 10/27/1997

Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxaaula de Cultura – Bilbao, Spain
02/12/1997 – 03/20/1997

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2003

Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Magnum Photos – 19 rue Hegesippe Moreau – Paris, France

2000

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

Group exhibitions

2006

Street Photography
Gallery Kowasa – Barcelona, Spain
05/02/2006 – 07/30/2006

2003

Fragments d’un discours social
Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste – Calais, France
02/13/2003 – 04/13/2003

2002

World War II: Vintage Photographs
Lee Gallery – Winchester MA, United States
11/01/2002 – 11/29/2002

Le Photojournalisme à Paris
Salons Aguado, Mairie du 9ème arrondissement – Paris, France
10/17/2002 – 11/13/2002

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

1994

American Politicians Photographs from 1843-1993
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
10/06/1994 – 01/03/1995

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

1996

La Photographie du XXème siècle
Publisher: Museum Ludwig – Bischofsgartenstrasse 1 – Cologne, Germany
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
1996
ISBN : 3822857335

Periodicals

2003

TARIANT Eric – Paris Photo
in: Beaux Arts Magazine n° 234 p. 140
Paris, France
11/2003

Legals