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Herbert List Biography
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1903 |
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Born in Hamburg, Germany
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1921 - 1922 |
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Studied literature and art history at Heidelberg University
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1924 |
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Began taking photographs
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1930 |
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His artistic leanings and connections to the European avant-garde brought him together with the photographer Andreas Feininger, who introduced him to the Rolleiflex
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1936 |
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Left Germany for political and personal reasons
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1937 |
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Publications in "Life", "Photographie", "Verve" and "Harper's Bazaar"
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1941 |
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Working in Athens, List hoped to escape the war but was forced by invading troops to return to Germany. Because of his Jewish background, he was forbidden to publish or work officially in Germany. Several works, stored in a hotel in Paris, have been lost.
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1946 |
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Photographed the ruins of post-war Munich and took the job of art editor of "HEUTE", an American magazine for the German public
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1951 |
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List met Robert Capa, who convinced him to work as a contributor to Magnum Photos
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1950 - 1961 |
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Turned his interest towards Italy, photographing everything from street scenes to contemplative photo-essays, from architectural views to portraits of international artists living in Italy
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1975 |
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Died in Munich, Germany on April 4th
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Münchner Stadtmuseum Sammlung Fotografie, Munich, Germany
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2008
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Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
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2008
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Spazio Metropol, Milan, Italy
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2007
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Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
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2007
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Kunst-Raum im Deutschen Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
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2005
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Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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2004
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Veiled: The Elusive Oeuvre of Herbert List – Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2004
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Italian Diary: Herbert List – Fahy/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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Retrospektive: Fotografien Herbert List 1930-1966 – Museum Sankt Ingbert, Ingbert, Germany
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2003
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Die Retrospektive: Herbert List – Museum im Kulturspeicher Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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2000 - 2002
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Herbert List - Fotomuseum im Munchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany; Hôtel de Sully, Paris, France; Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln, Germany; Fundacio “La Caixa”, Barcelona, Spain; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA; Museo Alinari, Florence, Italy; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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1996
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Biblioteca Nazionale, Turin, Italy; Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA; Musee de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Italienisches Kultur-Institute, Köln, Germany
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1995
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Fotomuseum im Munchner Stadtmuseum, München, Germany; Palazzo Bagatti-Valsecchi, Milano, Italy; Goethe-Institute, Roma and Napoli, Italy; Palazzo Rucelai, Firenze, Italy; Galleria Costa, Genoa, Italy; Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, USA; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, USA; Galleria Photology, Milano, Italy
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1994
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Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln, Germany
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1993
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Glyptothek, München, Germany; Musée National des Monuments Francais, Paris, France; PPS Galerie, Hamburg, Germany; Goethe Institute, Athens, Greece
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1992
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Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Zürich, Switzerland
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1991
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1989
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
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1988
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Junge Maenner - PPS Galerie, Hamburg, Germany; Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt, Germany
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1986
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Pace MacGill Gallery, New York, USA; Olympus Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Palazzo Odeschalchi, Rome, Italy
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1985
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Chicago Public Library
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1983
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Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France; Galleria Rondini, Rome, Italy
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1982
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Galerie Octant, Paris, France
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1981
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International Center of Photography, New York, USA; Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK; Galleria Il Diaframma, Milano, Italy; Palazzo Odeschalchi, Rome, Italy
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1980
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CCD Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1977
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Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland
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1976
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Die Neue Sammlung, München, Germany; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany; Kunsthalle, Nuremburg, Germany
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1958
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Galleria del Óbelisco, Roma, Italy
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1942
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Galerie Karl Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
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1940
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Parnassos Galerie, Athens, Greece
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1937
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Galerie du Chasseur d’Images, Paris, France
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2005
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Canti dall'Africa, Artificio Skira, Italy
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2000
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Herbert List - Die Monographie, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany (Herbert List - Eloges du Beau), Le Seuil, Paris, France
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1995
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Memento 1945 - Münchner Ruinen, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany
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1995
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Italien, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany; (Diario Italiano), Mondadori Editore, Italy
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1993
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Hellas, Schirmer & Mosel, Germany
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1988
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Söhne des lichts, Hoffmann & Campe, Germany; (Junge Männer), Twin Palms, USA
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1985
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Herbert List, Verlag, Germany
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1981
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Herbert List: Photographs 1930-1970, Rizzoli, USA/Thames & Hudson, UK
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1977
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Portraits, Hoffmann & Campe, Germany
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1972
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Martin Mayer (with Hans Konrad Roethel), Karl Thiemig, Germany
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1963
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Bildwerke aus Nigeria (with William Fagg), Prestel, Germany; (Nigerian Images), Lund Humphries Publishers, UK
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1962
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Napoli (with Vittorio de Sica), Sigbert Mohn, Germany
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1958
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Caribia, Rowohlt, Germany
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1955
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Rom, Hans Reich, Germany
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1953
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Licht über Hellas: Aufnahmen aus Griechenland 1937-1941, Georg D.W. Callwey, Germany
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