Peter Beard Catalogue

Chronology

1938

Born on January 22, New York City

1945-1952

Attends Buckley School, NY

1952-1956

Attends Pomfret School, CT

1955

First trip to Africa in June with Charles Darwin’s great grandson

1956-1957

Attends Felsted College, Essex, England

1957-1961

Studies with Joseph Albers at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

1961-1962

Meets and begins working with Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), author of Out of Africa, Shadows in the Grass, and Gothic Tales

1963

Stars in Mekas Brothers' movie, Hallelujah the Hills, screened in the first New York Film Festival

1964-1965

Works in Tsavo National Park, Kenya and begins documenting the destruction of the habitat and subsequent death of over 35,000 elephants.

Acquires Hog Ranch in Kenya (45 acres near Ngong Hills) from Mervyn Cowie

1965

First printing of The End of The Game–Last Word from Paradise

1965-1967

Cover-story on elephants for Life Magazine with Romain Gary, "Letter to an Elephant"

1966

Works with The Nuffield Unit of Tropical Ecology on a population dynamics study of elephants and hippopotamuses

1966-1968

Collaborates with Alistair Graham on crocodile study at Lake Rudolf for Kenya game department; later to become the basis of Eyelids of Morning– The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men

1969

Arrested by newly independent Karen police in Kenya for "assault and wrongful confinement" of a poacher at Hog Ranch in the suni (smallest African antelope) poacher incident from years before

1970

Andy Warhol collage “Introduction to the Things of Life," 27 pages for the upcoming Taschen book From a Dead Man’s Wallet

1971-1972

Extensive photographing of dead, starved elephants in Kenya

1972

Collaborates with Truman Capote on the It Shall Soon Be Here, a book about the Rolling Stones’ tour "Exiles on Main Street," (never actually published)

Dead Elephant Interviews with Francis Bacon, later used as the introduction in the Metropolitan Museum catalogue for Bacon’s 1976 show

Death of Jerome Hill

1972-1975

Photographs Mount Kenya and the Aberdare's Forest fauna and flora living between Hog Ranch, Kenya and Thunderbolt Ranch, Montauk, NY

1973-1976

First printing of Eyelids of Morning - The Mingled Destines of Crocodiles and Men

1975

First show at Blum Helman Gallery

1975-1976

First printing of Longing for Darkness - Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa

Brings Iman to New York and starts her modeling career with Wilhelmina

1977

First one-man show at the International Center of Photography, NYC and first giant collages, featuring the dead elephant swimming pool

July 28 Montauk mill burns down along with twenty years of diaries and original works of art

1978

Makes his first film for ABC, "Wild World of Sports" with Dr. Norman Borlang’s interviews

1979

Peter Beard works exhibited at the Seibu Museum, Tokyo, show assisted by Eiko Ishioko

1985

First giant polaroids with Khadijah, Iman and Magritte Ramme

1988

ABC special "Peter Beard in Africa-Last Word from Paradise," produced in collaboration with Canal Plus

1993

Printing of Diary - Diary Show opens in Tokyo

1996-1997

First major retrospective, Carnets Africains opens at the Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France

Robert Delpire’s Photo Poche #70 is published, featuring Peter Beard

1997

Permanent exhibition at the Hotel Nord-Pinus, Arles, France

Peter Beard works exhibited at Michael Hoppen Photography, London

Oltre la fine del Mond opens in Milan at the Palacio Royale, accompanied by the catalogue Beyond the End of the World

Peter Beard works exhibited at Galleria Photology, Milan

1998

50 Years of Portraits opens at Gallery One in Toronto

Canada Stress and Density opens at Camera Works, Berlin -Peter Beard art works exhibited at Paris Photo

Peter Beard works exhibited at the photo exhibition Under/Exposed, Stockholm, Sweden

1999

Pettiness and Futility opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, California

Peter Beard works exhibited in the FotoFestival Naarden, Amsterdam

Stress and Density opens at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in conjunction with PhotoEspana, Madrid

Peter Beard- Fifty Years of Portraits is published by Arena Editions, Sante Fe, New Mexico

Stress and Density opens at the KunstHausWien, Vienna, Austria

Stress and Density book is published

2000

28 pieces show at Kamel Mennour Gallery, Paris, France

Peter Beard works exhibited at FIAC, France

2002

Francis Bacon in Arles, 1956-1985, the Van Gogh series by Francis Bacon at the Vincent Van Gogh Foundation, Arles.

2003

Living Sculpture Show opens at Kamel Mennour Gallery in Paris, France

2004

Living Sculpture Show opens at Fahey/Klein Gallery in Los Angeles, CA, March

Opening of Sony Campaign-exhibition at Arte Armani in Milan, Italy, June

Zara's Tales is published by Knopf, November Begins work on Taschen book project, November

Living Sculpture Show opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, England, December

The Andy Warhol Show, La Triennale di Milano, Milan Italy

2006

Peter Beard (Art Edition) is published by Taschen

Time’s Up opens at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, UK

2007

Peter Beard (Collectors Edition) is published by Taschen

Peter Beard is interviewed in “Beautiful Darling” a documentary on Candy Darling, The Life and Times of the Andy Warhol Superstar directed by James Rasin.

The Camargo Foundation (Cassis, France): Nine photographs donated to the permanent collection.

2008

Shoots the 2009 Pirelli Calendar in Botswana, Africa in May. Calendar launched November

End of The Game republished by Taschen in May

Peter Beard Trade Edition is published by Taschen in October

Peter Beard image is chosen for UNESCO holiday card collection

2009

Pirelli Calendar is published

2010

Elephant Parade - Peter Beard creates a unique collaged life sized baby elephant that will be displayed in Somerset House from May - July in London to benefit conservation organizations to save the endangered Asian elephant.

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