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MÉNILMONTAUT (DEVANT CHEZ MESTRE) Willy Ronis (French, 1910-2009)
Signature: signed lower right Medium: bromoil gelatin silver print Dimensions: 12¼ x 10in. (31.12 x 25.40cm) Willy Ronis - best known for his photographs of post-war Paris and Provence -was born in the French capital and became a full-time photographer in 1945. Ansel Adams and Robert Capa were among his earl... ly influences. Ronis was the first French photographer to work for LIFE Magazine and his images were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1953 in a show called Four French Photographers, which included Henri Cartier-Bresson Ronis was also part of the famed Family of Man exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in 1955 and in 1957 he won the Gold Medal at the Venice Biennale. Later in life Ronis worked for Vogue, the New York Times and Taschen publishing. The City of Paris hosted a retrospective of his work in 2005-2006 which attracted over half a million visitors while an exhibition at Rencontres d'Arles took place in 2009, the year of his death. more