biografia di Walker EVANS (1903-1975)
Personal data
Birth : 1903 - Saint Louis MO Missouri, United States
Death : 1975 - New Haven CT Connecticut, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Representatives
Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States
Lee Gallery – 1 Mount Vernon Street – Winchester MA, United States
Robert Miller Gallery – 524 West 26th Street – New York NY, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1965:He arrives to New York NY, USA to work in Time Inc. as an author, a writer, and photographer.
1928:His studies of Victorian architecture and his photographs of the rural South during the Great Depression, made for the FSA (Farm Security Administration), are among his best-known works.
1927:He began photographing.
Other professions
1965 – 1975 : Professor
Yale University – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Bromoil gelatin silver print - Polaroid Subject
documentationMovements and styles
PhotojournalismWorks
| Main Street, Saratoga Springs, New York | |
| Date of creation : 1931 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print | |
| Stamped Tin Relic | |
| Date of creation : 1929 Printed : 1970 Medium : Bromoil gelatin silver print Size : 12 x 17 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
The Photographers’ Gallery – London, United Kingdom
05/21/2003 – 07/12/2003
2002
Duplicate Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art
Pace / McGill Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/05/2002 – 01/18/2003
2000
Polaroids
Andrea Rosen Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/09/2000 – 10/14/2000
1998
Simple Secrets
ICP International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
09/20/1998 – 11/29/1998
1971 MOMA Murals
Laurence Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
07/15/1998 – 08/21/1998
1995
Walker Evans
Zabriskie Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/20/1995 – 10/28/1995
1938
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1938
1932
Julian Levy Gallery – New York NY, United States
1932
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Françoise Paviot – 57 Rue Sainte-Anne – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Françoise Paviot – 57 Rue Sainte-Anne – Paris, France
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Galerie Michèle Chomette – 24, rue Beaubourg – Paris, France
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Corkin/Shopland – 55 Mill str., Bulding 61 – Toronto ON, Canada
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Baudoin Lebon – 38 rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie – Paris, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Barry Singer Gallery – 7 Western Avenue – Petaluma CA, United States
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Bernard Dudoignon Photographies – 133 rue de Charonne – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Maurice Keitelman Gallery – 9 Rue de la Paille – Brussels, Belgium
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Andrea Rosen Gallery – 525 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Robert Klein Gallery – 4th floor 38 Newbury Street – Boston MA, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, United States
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Carol Ehlers Gallery Limited – Suite 303 750 North Orleans – Chicago IL, United States
The Art Show
New York NY, United States
02/24/2000 – 02/28/2000
Represented by : Laurence Miller Gallery – 20 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States
photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Lee Gallery – 1 Mount Vernon Street – Winchester MA, United States
1998
SAGA – 12ème Salon des Arts Graphiques Actuels
Espace Eiffel Branly – Paris, France
04/23/1998 – 04/27/1998
Represented by : Bernard Dudoignon Photographies – 133 rue de Charonne – Paris, France
Festivals
2001
Festival Visa pour l’Image (photojournalisme), n°13
Perpignan, France
09/01/2001 – 09/16/2001
Group exhibitions
2003
Photographs of the Twentieth Century
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
06/05/2003 – 09/07/2003
Cruel and Tender: the Real in the Twentieth-Century Photograph
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
06/05/2003 – 09/07/2003
2002
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
James A. Michener Art Museum – Doylestown PA, United States
2002 – 10/13/2002
Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
12/20/2002 – 03/23/2002
Le Photojournalisme à Paris
Salons Aguado, Mairie du 9ème arrondissement – Paris, France
10/17/2002 – 11/13/2002
Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003
Vues d’architectures : l’architecture photographiée
Musée de Grenoble – Grenoble, France
06/02/2002 – 08/25/2002
New York Capital of Photography
The Jewish Museum – New York NY, United States
04/28/2002 – 09/02/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
04/12/2002 – 06/23/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
01/17/2002 – 03/31/2002
2001
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 12/31/2001
Walker Evans and Company
J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
2001 – 09/16/2001
About Faces
C & M Arts – New York NY, United States
01/18/2001 – 03/10/2001
1999
30èmes Rencontres Internationales de Photographie
Arles, France
1999
1997
Someone Else with My Fingerprints
David Zwirner, Inc – New York NY, United States
01/31/1997 – 03/15/1997
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
1996
La Photographie du XXème siècle
Publisher: Museum Ludwig – Bischofsgartenstrasse 1 – Cologne, Germany
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
1996
ISBN : 3822857335
Periodicals
2001
Visa for the Image, Perpignan
in: Paris Photo Magazine International n° 16 p. 80
Paris, France
09/2001-10/2001
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