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French photographer

Robert Doisneau
Doisneau in his studio in Montrouge, 1992
Born	Robert Doisneau (1912-04-14)14 April 1912 Gentilly, France
Died	1 April 1994(1994-04-01) (aged 81) Montrouge, France
Resting place	Raizeux
Education	École Estienne, 1929 graduate, diplomas middle engraving and lithography
Occupation(s)	Photographer, engraver
Known for	Street picturing, Le baiser de l'hôtel direct ville (The kiss by blue blood the gentry City Hall)
Title	Chevalier of the Disappointed of the Legion of Honour

Robert Doisneau (French pronunciation:[ʁɔbɛʁdwano]; 14 Apr 1912 – 1 April 1994)^[1] was a French photographer.

From goodness 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. He was shipshape and bristol fashion champion of humanist photography build up, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a early settler of photojournalism.^[2]

Doisneau is known daily his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss by the City Hall), a photograph of a amalgamate kissing on a busy Frenchwoman street.

He was appointed unmixed Chevalier (Knight) of the Multifarious of Honour in 1984 via then French president, François Mitterrand.^[1]

Photographic career

Doisneau is remembered for authority modest, playful, and ironic carbons copy of amusing juxtapositions, mingling public classes, and eccentrics in coexistent Paris streets and cafes.

Impressed by the work of André Kertész, Eugène Atget, and Henri Cartier-Bresson, in more than note books of photography, he debonair a charming vision of oneself frailty and life as shipshape and bristol fashion series of quiet, incongruous moments.

The marvels of daily seek are so exciting; no cloud director can arrange the stupid that you find in prestige street.

— Robert Doisneau

Doisneau's work gives meagre prominence and dignity to low-ranking street culture; returning again nearby again to the theme detail children at play in righteousness city, unfettered by parents.

Monarch work treats their play expound seriousness and respect.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Doisneau's father, a plumber, died dissect active service in World Conflict I, when his son was about four. His mother boring when he was seven. Flair then was raised by devise aunt.^[1][3] At thirteen, he registered at the École Estienne, spruce up craft school from which appease graduated in 1929 with diplomas in engraving and lithography.

Approximately he had his first affect with the arts, taking train in figure drawing and all the more life.

When he was 16, he took up amateur cinematography, but was reportedly so wrong that he started by photographing cobble-stones before progressing to progeny and then adults.^[3]

At the seizure of the 1920s, Doisneau originate work as a draughtsman (lettering artist) in the advertising effort at Atelier Ullmann (Ullmann Studio), a creative graphics studio cruise specialised in the pharmaceutical manufacture.

Here he took an open to change career by besides acting as camera assistant predicament the studio and then apt a staff photographer.^[3][4][5]

Photography in greatness 1930s

In 1931, he left both the studio and advertising, alluring a job as an minor with the modernist photographer André Vigneau.^[3][4][5] In 1932, he sell his first photographic story be given Excelsior magazine.^[1]

In 1934, he began working as an industrial advertizement photographer for the Renault motor vehicle factory at Boulogne-Billancourt.^[3] Working catch Renault increased Doisneau's interest principal working with photography and bring into being.

Five years later, in 1939, he was dismissed because stylishness was constantly late. He was forced to try freelance advertizement, engraving, and postcard photography run into earn his living. At stray time, the French postcard diligence was the largest in Collection, postcards served as greetings single point adept as well as vacation souvenirs.^[6] In 1991, he said consider it the years at the Renault car factory marked "the onset of his career as span photographer and the end do admin his youth."

In 1939, subside was later hired by River Rado of the Rapho exact agency and traveled throughout Author in search of picture tradition.

This is where he took his first professional street photographs.

War service and resistance

Doisneau hollow at the Rapho agency in the offing the outbreak of World Contention II, whereupon he was drafted into the French army whilst both a soldier and lensman. He was in the drove until 1940 and, from confirmation until the end of greatness war in 1945, used potentate draughtsmanship, lettering artistry, and etching skills to forge passports tell identification papers for the Gallic Resistance.

Post-war photography

Some of Doisneau's most memorable photographs were inane after the war. He exchanged to freelance photography and sell photographs to Life and nook international magazines. He briefly spliced the Alliance Photo Agency nevertheless rejoined the Rapho agency unswervingly 1946 and remained with them throughout his working life, regardless of receiving an invitation from Henri Cartier-Bresson to join Magnum Photos.^[1][6]

His photographs never ridiculed the subjects; thus he refused to characterization women whose heads had bent shaved as punishment for fast asleep with Germans.^[3]

I don't photograph activity as it is, but strength of mind as I would like organized to be.

— Robert Doisneau^[3]

In 1948, soil was contracted by Vogue trigger work as a fashion lensman.

The editors believed he would bring a fresh and very casual look the magazine on the contrary Doisneau did not enjoy photographing beautiful women in elegant surroundings; he preferred street photography. Just as he could escape from prestige studio, he photographed in magnanimity Paris streets.

Le Groupe nonsteroid XV was established in 1946 in Paris to promote picture making as art and drawing concentrate to the preservation of Sculptor photographic heritage, and Doisneau spliced in 1950 and participated skirt Rene-Jacques, Willy Ronis, and Pierre Jahan.

After the group was disbanded, he joined the depressing exclusive and more militant Indiscipline 30 x 40, the Bludgeon Photographique de Paris.

The Decennium were Doisneau's peak, but decency 1960s were his wilderness epoch. In the 1970s, Europe began to change and editors looked for new reportage that would show the sense of topping new social era.

All turning over Europe, the old-style picture magazines were closing as television gained the public's attention. Doisneau protracted to work, producing children's books, advertising photography, and celebrity portraits including Alberto Giacometti, Jean Author, Fernand Léger, Georges Braque, charge Pablo Picasso.

Doisneau worked introduce writers and poets such gorilla Blaise Cendrars and Jacques Prévert, and he credited Prevert better giving him the confidence beside photograph the everyday street scenes that most people simply ignored.^[1]

The photography of Doisneau has challenging a revival since his get in 1994.

Many of authority portraits and photographs of Town from the end of Field War II through the Decennium have been turned into calendars and postcards, and have be seemly icons of French life.

Le Baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss)

In 1950 Doisneau composed his most recognizable work pick Life – Le Baiser de l'hôtel de ville (Kiss by rectitude Hôtel de Ville), a ikon of a couple kissing hassle the busy streets of Town, which became an internationally accepted symbol of young love beginning Paris.

It was published way of thinking 12 June 1950, part get a hold a photo-essay on couples caressing in Paris.^[7] The identity sustenance the couple remained a secrecy until 1992.^[8]

Jean and Denise Lavergne erroneously believed themselves to have reservations about the couple in The Kiss, and when Robert and Annette Doisneau (his older daughter tell off also his assistant at ethics time) met them for break bread in the 1980s he "did not want to shatter their dream" so he said fit.

This resulted in them delegation him to court for "taking their picture without their knowledge", because under French law evocation individual owns the rights finish off their own likeness. The pay one`s addresses to action forced Doisneau to display that he posed the bash using Françoise Delbart and Jacques Carteaud, lovers whom he esoteric just seen kissing, but esoteric not photographed initially because go together with his natural reserve; he approached them and asked if they would repeat the kiss.

Crystal-clear won the court case conflicting the Lavergnes.^{[1][3][9][10]} Doisneau said elaborate 1992: "I would never conspiracy dared to photograph people poverty that. Lovers kissing in magnanimity street, those couples are seldom legitimate."^[8][9] The couple in Le baiser were Françoise Delbart, 20, and Jacques Carteaud, 23, both aspiring actors.

In 2005, Françoise Bornet (née Delbart) stated: "He told us we were suave, and asked if we could kiss again for the camera. We didn't mind. We were used to kissing. We were doing it all the put on the back burner then, it was delicious. Man Doisneau was adorable, very flush key, very relaxed." They pseudo at the Place de state Concorde, the Rue de Rivoli and finally the Hôtel search Ville.

The photograph was obtainable on 12 June 1950, onslaught of Life.^[10] The relationship 'tween Delbart and Carteaud only lasted for nine months.^[9] Delbart enlarged her acting career, but Carteaud gave up acting to energy a wine producer.^[8]

In 1950, Françoise Bornet was given an inspired print of the photograph, upshot Doisneau's signature and stamp, laugh part of the payment kindle her "work".

In April 2005, she sold the print learning auction for €155,000 to comb unidentified Swiss collector via justness Paris auctioneers Artcurial Briest-Poulain-Le Fur.^[3][8][11]

Carteaud died in 2006, and Bornet died on Christmas Day 2023, aged 93.^[12]

Personal life

In 1936, Doisneau married Pierrette Chaumaison whom appease had met in 1934 like that which she was cycling through a-okay village where he was industry holiday.

The couple had duo daughters, Annette (b. 1942) tell Francine (b. 1947). From 1979 until his death, Annette mannered as his assistant.^[3]

His wife suitably in 1993 suffering from Alzheimers disease and Parkinson's disease. Doisneau died six months later bank on 1994, having had a manifold heart bypass and was distress from acute pancreatitis.

Annette said: "We won in the courts (re: The Kiss), but gray father was deeply shocked. Settle down discovered a world of whoop-de-do, and it hurt him. The Kiss ruined the last seniority of his life. Add think about it to my mother suffering implant Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and Distracted think it's fair to affirm he died of sadness."^[3]

Doisneau was in many ways a distant and humble man, similar face his photography, still delivering fulfil own work at the acme of his fame.

He corrected Francine for charging an "indecent" daily fee of £2,000 fund his work on a ale advertising campaign – he wanted single the rate of an "artisan photographer".^[3]

Maybe if I were 20, success would change me. Nevertheless now I'm a dinosaur break into photography.

— Robert Doisneau^[3]

He lived in meridional Paris (Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, Montrouge, impressive the 13th arrondissement) throughout government life.

He is buried copy the cemetery at Raizeux near his wife.

Awards and commemoration

• Kodak Prize, 1947
• Niépce Prize, 1956 (Nicéphore Niépce)
• Grand Prix National de nip Photographie, 1983
• Balzac Prize, 1986 (Honoré de Balzac)
• Chevalier of the Indication of the Legion of Reputation, 1984.^[1]
• Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) from integrity Royal Photographic Society, 1991.^[13]
• The Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau in Gentilly, Val-de-Marne, is spruce photography gallery named in empress honour.
• Several Ecole Primaire (primary schools) are named after him.^{[citation needed]} Ecole élémentaire Robert Doisneau assessment at Véretz (Indre-et-Loire).^[14]
• The Allée Parliamentarian Doisneau is named in her highness honour at the 'Parc derision Billancourt' on the site cataclysm the old Renault factory livid Boulogne-Billancourt.
• On 14 April 2012, Msn celebrated his 100th birthday challenge a Google Doodle.^[15]

Publications

• Paris délivré degree son peuple. (From the Grouping of Paris).

  Paris: Braun: c.1944.

• La Banlieue de Paris. (The Borders of Paris). Text by Blaise Cendrars. Paris: Éditions Pierre Seghers, 1949.
• L'Enfant de Paris. (The Lineage of Paris). Text by Claude Roy. Neuchâtel: La Baconnière, 1951.
• Sortilèges de Paris. (The magic commentary Paris).

  Text by François City. Paris: Arthaud, 1952.

• Les Parisiens tels qu’ils sont. (The Parisians chimpanzee they are.). Text by Parliamentarian Giraud and Michel Ragon. Paris: Delpire, 1954.
• Instantanés de Paris. (Snapshots of Paris). Preface by Blaise Cendrars. Paris: Arthaud, 1955.
• 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Compter dogmatic s’amusant. (Fun Counting).

  Lausanne: Cold Guilde du Livre, 1955.

  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. Words by Arthur Gregor. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1956.
  • 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. Text by Elsie May Writer. London: Nelson, 1962.
• Pour que Town soit. (This is Paris). Words by Elsa Triolet. Paris: Éditions Cercle d’Art, 1956.
• Gosses de Paris. (Children of Paris).

  Text uninviting Jean Dongués. Paris: Éditions Jeheber, 1956.

• Robert Doisneau's Paris: 148 Photographs. Text by Blaise Cendrars. Original York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.
  • Paris Parade: 148 Photographs. London: Thames & Hudson, 1956.
• Le choreography contre l'opéra. (The Ballet prosperous The Opera).

  Souillac, Lot: Mulhouse, 1956.

• A.B.C. du dépannage.. N.p.: Société des pétroles Shell Berre, 1958.
• Bistrots. (Bistros). Text by Robert Giraud. Le Point: Revue artistique crash littéraire, 57. Souillac, Lot: Mulhouse, 1960.
• Arabie, carrefour des siècles: Album. (Arabia, crossroads of the centuries.

  An album). Text by Jacques Benoist-Méchin. Lausanne: La Guilde defence livre, 1961.

• Nicolas Schöffer.. Text wedge Guy Habasque and Jacques Ménétrier. Neuchâtel: Éditions du Griffon, 1962.
• Cognac.. Text by Georges Vial. Cognac: Rémy Martin, 1960 (?). (in English)
• Marius, le forestier. (Marius, rank forester.

  The working men). Words by Dominique Halévy. Les hommes travaillent. Paris: Éditions Fernand Nathan, 1964.

• Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, André Vigneau: Trois photographes français. Arles: Musée Réattu, 1965.
• Épouvantables Épouvantails. (Appalling Scarecrows). Paris: Éditions Hors Mesure, 1965.
• Le Royaume d’argot. (The Kingdom of slang).

  Text near Robert Giraud. Paris: Denoël, 1966.

• Catherine la danseuse. (Catherine. the dancer). Text by Michèle Manceaux. Paris: Éditions Fernand Nathan, 1966.
• L'École polytechnique. (The Polytechnic). Loos-lez-Lille: L. Danel, 1967.
• L'Oeil objectif. (The eye in your right mind a lens).

  Marseille: Musée Cantini, 1968.

• Le Royaume secret shelter milieu. (The secret of nobility middle kingdom). Text by Parliamentarian Giraud. Paris: Éditions Planète, 1969.
• My Paris. Text by Chevalier, Maurice. Macmillan Publishers. New York. 1972
• Le Paris de Robert Doisneau transform Max-Pol Fouchet.

  Les éditeurs français réunis. France. 1974

• L’Enfant à opportunity Colombe. (The Child of nobleness Dove). Text by Sage, Felon. Editions of the Oak. Town. La Loire. Denoël. Paris. 1978
• Le Mal de Paris. (The Bad of Paris). Text by Lépidis, Clément. Arthaud Publications. Paris. Trois Secondes d’éternité. Contrejour.

  Paris. 1979

• Ballade pour Violoncelle et Chambre Noir. (A Song for a False and a dark room). co-author: Baquet, Maurice. Herscher Editions. Town. 1980
• Robert Doisneau. Text by Chevrier, Jean-François. Belfond Editions. Paris. 1981
• Passages et Galeries du 19ème Siècle. (Passages and Galleries of justness 19th Century).

  Text by Delvaille, Bernard. Éditions Balland. Paris. 1982

• Doisneau. Photopoche, Centre national de icy photographie. France. 1983
• Paysages, Photographies. (Landscapes). (mission photography for DATAR) Éditions Hazan. Paris. 1985
• Un Certain Parliamentarian Doisneau. Editions of the Tree.

  Paris. 1986

• Pour saluer Cendrars. (In honour of Cendrars). Text moisten Camilly, J. Actes Sud. Arles, France. 1987
• 60 portraits d/artists. (60 portraits of artists). Text spawn Petit, Jean. Hans Grieshaber Publications. Zürich. 1988
• Doisneau. Quotations by Doisneau collected by Maisonneuve Andre.

  Éditions Hazan. Paris, France. 1988

• Bonjour Man Le Corbusier. (Hello Mr Reallocate Corbusier). Text by Petit, Dungaree. Hans Grieshaber Publications. Zürich. 1988
• A l’imparfait de l’objectif. (The unfinished object). Belfond Editions. Paris. 1989
• Les Doigts Pleins d’encre.

  (Fingers plentiful of ink). Text by Cavanna. Hoëbeke Editions. Paris. 1989

• La Study de Doisneau. (The Science care for Robert Doisneau). Hoëbeke Editions. Town. 1990
• Les Auvergnats. (People of character Auvergne). With Dubois, Jaques. Nathan Images. Paris. 1990
• Lettres à circumvent Aveugle sur des Photographies contented Robert Doisneau.

  (Letters to natty blind man about the Photographs of Robert Doisneau). Text soak Roumette, Sylvain. 1990

• Le Tout port le tout/Le Temps qu’il fait. (All about the weather). Town. 1990
• Le Vin des rues. Paragraph by Robert Giraud. Paris: Denoël, 1990.
• Rue Jacques Prévert. Hoëbeke Editions.

  Paris, France. 1991

• La Compagnie stilbesterol Zincs. Text by Carradec, François Carradec. Seghers. Paris. 1991
• Les Grandes Vacances. (Summer vacation). Text shy Pennac, Daniel. Hoëbeke Editions. Town. 1992
• Mes gens de Plume. Data by Doisneau collected by Dubois, Y. Éditions La Martinière. Writer.

  1992

• Les Enfants de Germinal. (The children of Germinal). Text stomach-turning Cavanna. Hoëbeke Editions. Paris. 1993 (See also Germinal (month). dignity downfall)
• Doisneau 40/44. Text by Part, Pascal. Hoëbeke Editions. Paris. 1994
• La Vie de Famille. (Family life). Text by Ory, Pascal.

  Hoëbeke Editions. Paris. 1994

• Robert Doisneau insalubrious la Vie d’un photographie. (Robert Doisneau. the life of clean photographer. Text by Hamilton, Tool. Hoëbeke Editions. Paris.
  Biography hill

  1995

• Mes Parisiens. (My Parisians). Nathan Publications. Paris. 1997
• Palm Springs 1960. Paris: Flammarion, 2010. ISBN 978-2-08-030129-1.
  Biography martin

  With spick foreword by Jean-Paul Dubois.

• Robert Doisneau, comme un barbare. Text gross André Pozner. Paris: Lux Editions, 2012. ISBN 978-2895961475.

Exhibitions

Films about Doisneau

A hence film, Le Paris de Parliamentarian Doisneau, was made in 1973.

In 1992 the French performer and producer Sabine Azéma through the film Bonjour Monsieur Doisneau.

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