biographie de Lou BERNSTEIN (1911-2005)
Personal data
Birth : 02/28/1911 - New York NY New York, United States
Death : 08/03/2005 - Delray Beach FL Florida, United States
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Representatives
Fot-e-graf-iks Gallery – Boca Raton FL, United States
Howard Greenberg Gallery – New York NY, United States
Stephen Daiter Gallery – Chicago IL, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1973: Private School Teacher’s License
University of The State of New York
Prizes
1980: The National Endowment for the Arts
Washington DC, United States
Affiliated to an association
1936-1951: The Photo League
New York NY, United States
Work
Subject
documentationDaily life
Artistic periods
1970-2000 : all of the above and animals, insects, flowers, mammals, sea life1940-1970 : Street scene's people, children, parks, rooftops, beaches, Coney Island, Fulton Fish Market, Pony Foundation, religion, entertainers, dance, musicians, animals.
Works
Bohemians, Village | |
Date of creation : 1954 Medium : Black & white photograph | |
Guitarist, Washington | |
Date of creation : 1953 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 9 x 6 in | |
Jazz Casino | |
Date of creation : 1949 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 11 x 14 in | |
Hydrant Inferno, Greenwich | |
Date of creation : 1941 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 9 x 12 in | |
Man & Wife, Brooklyn | |
Date of creation : 1941 Medium : Black & white photograph Size : 11 x 14 in | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
The Negro Baptismal
The Museum of Life Style and Fashion History – Delray Beach FL, United States
02/02/2004-08/2004
1992
Untamed Images
The New York Zoological Society’s Zoo Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/09/1992-09/18/1992
1992
Five Decades of Photography
The International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
02/21/1992-04/26/1992
1981
Lou Bernstein, A Retrospective Look
The International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
01/24/1981-02/22/1981
1989
Coney Island
The Queens Museum, Queens – New York NY, United States
01/14/1989-04/02/1989
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2009
This is not a Fashion Photograph
International Center of Photography – New York NY, United States
01/16/2009 – 05/03/2009
2002
New York : Capital of Photography
The Jewish Museum – New York NY, United States
04/28/2002 – 09/01/2002
1978 – 1980
Photographic Crossroads : The Photo League
3 Year traveling exhibit : National Gallery, CA. , ICP, NY, MOFA, Houston, TX, Minn. Institute of Art, MN, MOA, University of Iowa, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (Gallery association of NY)
New York NY, United States
April 1978 – August 31, 1980
1967
The Camera as Witness
Montréal QC, Canada
04/28/1967 – 10/27/1967
1955
The Family of Man
The Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
01/26/1955 – 05/08/1955
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
1992
Reflections on an Aquarium
Author: Lou Bernstein & Lou Garibaldi
Publisher: Drum Communications – New York NY, United States
1972
Documentary Photography “The Photo League, A True Image of the World”
Author: Editors of Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time-Life Books – New York NY, United States
Periodicals
1981
Profile Lou Bernstein
in : New York Photo District News
New York NY, United States
August 1981
1968
Critique
in : Camera 35
New York NY, United States
August 1968
1955
The world is in his own backyard
in : modern PHOTOGRAPHY
August 1955