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Robert Doisneau Biography
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1912 |
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Born: Gentilly in the Val-de-Marne, France
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1926 - 1929 |
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Studied engraving at the Ecole Estienne in Chantilly
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1945 |
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Met Pierre Betz and begins a series of reportage for the magazine Le Point. Meets Blaise Cendrars and Henri Cartier-Bresson
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1956 |
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Received Prix Niépce
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1975 |
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Invited to participate in the Rencontres d’Arles
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1981 |
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Participated in a film by F. Moscowitz, Trois jours, trois photographes with Jean-Loup Sieff and Bruno Barbey
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1985 |
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Worked on the film Poète and piéton by Francois Porcile
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1986 |
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Participated in the Atget colloquium at the Collège de France
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1986 |
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First video film for French television Antenne 2. Receives the Prix Balzak
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1992 |
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Appeared in the film Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau directed by Sabine Azéma in celebration of his 80th birthday
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1994 |
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Lived in the Paris suburb of Montrouge until his death
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1996
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Solo exhibition, Montpellier Photo-Visions, Galerie Municipale de la Pllotographie; Isetan Museum of' Art, Tokyo; Daimaru Museum, Osaka,Japan.
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1995
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Solo exhibition, A Homage to Robert Doisneau, Galerie du Chateau d'Eau h Toulouse.
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1995
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Solo exhibition, Doisneau 40//44, Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation de Lyons, Lyons, France.
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1990
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Solo exhibition, La Science de Doisneau, Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
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1989
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Solo exhibition, Doisneau-Renault, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
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1988
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Solo exhibition, A Hormage to Robert Doisneau, Villa Medicis, Rome.
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1987
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St.-Denis, Musée de St.-Denis. (Solo)
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1986
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Group exhilbition, De Vogue à femme, Rencontres Inter- nationales de la Photographie d'Arles.
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1984
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Robert Doisneau, Photographe du di- manche Institut Lumiére, Lyons. (Solo)
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1983
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Solo exhilbition of 120 photographs, Museum of Fine Arts, Beijing.
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1982
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Portraits, Fondation Nationale de la Photo- graphie, Lyons. (Solo)
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1981
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Witkin Gallery, New York. (Solo)
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1979
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Para;s, les passants qui passent Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. (Solo)
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1977
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Exhibition with Guy le Querrec, Carlos Freire, Claude Rahnond-Dityvon, Bernard Descamps, and Jean Lattés, Six Photographes en quête de banlieue, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.
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1976
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Exhibition with Brassai', Cartier-Bresson, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Izis, and Marc Riboud, Kraków.
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1975
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Witkin Gallery, New York; Musée des Arts (Solo)
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1974
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University of California at Davis. (Solo)
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1972
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International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester; New York. (Solo)
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1971
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Participated in traveling exhibition in France with Jacques Dubois and Roger Lecotté.
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1968
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Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris. (Solo)
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1968
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Exhibition with D. Brihat, J. P. Sudre, and L. Clergue, Musée Cantini de Marseilles.
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1965
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Exhibition with Daniel Frasnay, Jean Lattés, Jeanine Niépce, Roger Pic, and Will), Ronis, Six Photographes et Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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1965
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Exhibition with Henri Cartier-Bresson and André Vigneau, Musée Réattu, Aries.
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1960
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Solo exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Chicago
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1951
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Exhibition with Brassaï, Willy Ronis, and Izis, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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1947
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Salon de la Photo, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris.
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1942
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Illustrated his first book on science called Les Nouveaux Destins de l’intelligence français
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