Yousuf Karsh  (Canadian, 1908-2002) 

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Yousuf Karsh Biography
1908   Born in Mardin, Armenia.
1925   Arrived in Canada from Syria.
1926   Went to work for his Uncle Nakash at his studio, leaving behind his original desire to study medicine.

Starts apprenticeship with John H. Garo of Boston.
1931   Leaves Boston and opens his studio in Ottawa.
1941   Learns lighting at Ottawa Little Theatre and photographs Winston Churchill.
1992   Closed studio.
1997   Retires to Boston, MA.
2002   Dies in Boston at age 93.
Selected Exhibitions
2010   Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009   The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, CA

G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006   Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA (solo)
2004   Tom Blau Gallery, London, England (solo)
2004   Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY

Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
1991   National Portrait Gallery, London, England
1989   National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1983   International Center of Photography, New York, NY
1967   Montreal World's Fair

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1952   Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Charles Francis Press Gallery, New York, NY (traveled)
1938   T. Eaton Company, Toronto

Chateau Laurier Hotel, Ottawa

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