Studied painting under Cubist painter and sculptor André Lhote at the Lhote Academy in Paris, France
1931
Spent one year in the Ivory Coast, where he took his first photographs Traveled throughout Europe with Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues and Leonor Fini
1932
Studied cinematography in New York, NY with Paul Strand
1936 - 1939
Worked as a production assistant for Jean Renoir in Paris, France
1940
Captured by the Nazis while fighting in the French Army
1943
Escaped from prison Began taking portraits of artists and writers for Editions Braun, including Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque and Camille Claudel
1944 - 1945
Joined a group of professional photographers in order to document the liberation of Paris Finished Le Retour (The Return) a documentary film about returning captives and deportees
1947
Founded the agency Magnum Photos in New York, NY and Paris, France with Robert Capa, David Seymour and Georges Roger
1981
Awarded the Grand Prix National from the French Ministry of Culture
1986
Granted the Novecento Award by Jorge Luis Borges in Palermo, Italy
1988
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY established the Henri Cartier-Bresson Prize
2003
The Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation opened in Paris, France
2004
Died: in Cereste, France
Exhibitions
2009
Musée de l'Art Moderne, Paris, France
2008
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Early Works, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany (solo) National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India Santa Catalina Castle, Cadiz, Spain
2007
Henri Cartier-Bresson's Scrapbook: Photographs, 1932-46, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (solo)
2006
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Di chi si tratta Forma, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy (solo)
2003 - 2005
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy Museum of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Photographien und Zeichnungen, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
1998
Tete à Tete, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY Line by Line, Royal College of Art, London, UK Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada Henri Cartier-Bresson: 1974-1997, Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France (solo) De Européenne, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
1996
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Pen brush and Cameras, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN (solo)
1995
Dessins e Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain Valence, Montbeliard, France (solo)
1994
Dessins e première photos, La Caridad, Barcelona, Spain
1993
Photo Dessin, Arles, France
1992
Musée de Noyers-sur-Serein, France Palazzo San Vitale, Parma, Italy Centro de Exposiciones, Saragossa and Logrono, Spain L’Amérique, FNAC, Paris, France Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson, International Center of Photography, New York, NY (solo)
1991
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1990
Galerie Arnold Herstand, New York, NY
1989
Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan Chapelle de l’École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
1988
Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria Salzburger Landessammlung, Vienna, Austria Institute français, Athens, Greece
1987
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK Henri-Cartier Bresson: Early Photographs, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1986
L’Institute français de Stockholm, Sweeden Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy Pavillon d’Arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1985
Henri Cartier-Bresson in India, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo) Museum of Modern Art, Mexico City, Mexico Paris à vue d’oil, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
1984
Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
1983
Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1982
Hommage a Henri Cartier-Bresson, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France (solo)
1981
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Musée d’Art de la Ville, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (solo)
1980
Portraits, Galerie Eric Franck, Geneva, Switzerland
1975
Carlton Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
1964
Philipps Collection, Washington, D.C.
1963
Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1956
Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1955
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Retrospective, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France (solo) First exhibition in France at the Pavillon de Marsan, Lourve Museum, Paris, France (solo)
1952
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
1947
Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1934
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico (with Manuel Alvarez Bravo)
1933
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY Cercle Atheneo, Madrid, Spain
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France De Menil Collection, Houston, TX University of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, IL J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, CA The Philadelphia Art Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Literature
2001
Orsenna, Erik and Gerard Mace. Cartier-Bresson: Landscapes. London: Thames and Hudson, 2001
2000
Cartier-Bresson. Cartier-Bresson: Towards another fire. Paris: Nautilus, 2000
1998
Groumbursch, Ernst H. Cartier-Bresson: Portraits. London: Thames and Hudson, 1998
1994
Fuentes, Carlos. Cartier-Bresson: Mexican Notebooks. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994 Feyder, Vera and Andre Pieryre de Mandi Argles. Cartier-Bresson: Paris. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994
1991
Mora, Giles. Cartier-Bresson: America. New York: Bulfinch, 1991
1987
Clair, Jean. Cartier-Bresson: The Europeans. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987 Statyajit, Ray and Yves Vwquad. Cartier-Bresson: In India. London: Thames and Hudson, 1987 Galossi, Peter. Cartier-Bresson: The Early Work. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1987
1954
de Zoete Delpire, Béryl and Artaud Antonin. Les Danses à Bali. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952
1952
Cartier-Bresson. The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1952
1947
Kirstein, Licoln. The Photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1947 (catalogue)
