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
documentationwar
human being
portrait
Movements and styles
Humanistic PhotographyPhotojournalism
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