Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson (August 22, 1908 – August 3 2004) was a French photographer. He was commonly considered the undisputed master of candid photography using the small-format 35mm rangefinder camera.

Exhibitions

Public collections of Henri Cartier-Bresson's works

• Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
• De Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA
• University of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
• Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
• Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA
• The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Institute for Contemporary Photography, New York, USA
• The Philadelphia Art Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia, USA
• The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
• Kahitsukan Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto, Japan
• Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Stockholm Modern Museet, Sweden

Exhibitions of Henri Cartier-Bresson's works

• 2003–2005 Retrospective, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France, La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Rome, Italy; Museum of Modern Art, Edinburgh, U.K.; Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.
• 2004 Museum Ludwig, Cologne
• 2004 Baukunst Galerie, Cologne
• 2004 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
• 1998–1999 Photographien und Zeichnungen - Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
• 1998 Line by Line – Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
• 1998 Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1998 Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
• 1998 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
• 1998 Tete à Tete – National Portrait Gallery, London, U.K.
• 1998 Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
• 1998 Howard Greenberggh Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
• 1997 De Européenne – Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
• 1997 Henri Cartier-Bresson, dessins – Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montreal, Canada
• 1974–1997 Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France
• 1996 Henri Cartier-Bresson: Pen brush and Cameras – The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, U.S.A.
• 1995 Dessins e Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson ? CRAG Centre Régional d?Art Contemporain Valence, Drome, France
• 1994 Dessins e première photos – La Caridad, Barcelona, Spain
• 1993 Photo Dessin ? Dessin Photo, Arles, France
• 1992 Musée de Noyers-sur-Serein, France
• 1992 Palazzo San Vitale, Parma, Italy
• 1992 Centro de Exposiciones, Saragossa and Logrono, Spain
• 1992 L'Amérique ? FNAC, Paris, France
• 1992 Hommage à Henri Cartier-Bresson – International Center of Photography, New York, U.S.A.
• 1991 Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan (drawings and photographs)
• 1990 Galerie Arnold Herstand, New York, U.S.A.
• 1989 Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany (drawings and photography)
• 1989 Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland (drawings and photographs)
• 1989 Printemps Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
• 1989 Chapelle de l'École des Beaux-Arts , Paris, France
• 1988 Palais Lichtenstein, Vienna, Austria
• 1988 Salzburger Landessammlung, Austria
• 1988 Institute français, Athen, Greece
• 1987 Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, U.K. (drawings and photography)
• 1987 Early Photographs – Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.
• 1986 L'Institute français de Stockholm
• 1986 Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
• 1986 Pavillon d'Arte contemporanea, Milan, Italy
• 1984–1985 Paris à vue d?oil – Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France
• 1985 Musée d'Arte moderno de Maxico, Mexico
• 1985 Henri Cartier.Bresson en Inde ? Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
• 1984 Osaka University of Arts, Japan
• 1983 Printemps Ginza – Tokyo, Japan
• 1982 Hommage a Henri Cartier-Bresson – Centre National de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
• 1981 Musée d'Art moderne de la Villa de Paris, France
• 1981 Retrospective – Musée d'Art de la Ville en France
• 1980 Portraits – Galerie Eric Franck, Geneve, Switzerland
• 1975 Carlton Gallery, New York, U.S.A,
• 1975 Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1974 Exhibition about the USSR, International Center of Photography, New York, U.S.A.
• 1970 En France – Grande Palais, Paris. Later in the U.S.A., USSR, Australia and Japan
• 1965–1967 2nd retrospective, Tokyo, Japan, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France, New York, U.S.A., London, U.K., Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rome, Italy, Zurich, Switzerland, Cologne, Germany and other cities.
• 1964 Philipps Collection, Washington
• 1963 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
• 1956 Photokina, Cologne, Germany
• 1955 Retrospektive – Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France
• 1952 Institute of Contemporary Art, London, U.K.
• 1947 Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.
• 1934 Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico (with Manuel Alvarez Bravo)
• 1933 Julien Levy Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
• 1933 Cercle Atheneo, Madrid, Spain