biographie de Dorothea LANGE (1895-1965)
Données Personnelles
Naissance : 26/05/1895 - Hoboken NJ New Jersey, États-Unis
Mort : 11/10/1965
Sexe : F
Nationalité/Appartenance : États-Unis
Représentants
Howard Greenberg Gallery – 41 east 57 str. – New York NY, États-Unis
Lee Gallery – 1 Mount Vernon Street – Winchester MA, États-Unis
Formation
1917 – 1919 : Columbia University – 2960 Broadway – New York NY, États-Unis
Elève de Clarence Hudson I WHITE [ 1871-1925 ]
Données professionnelles
Vie et Travail
1965:Dies of cancer in Marin County, California, just before the opening of her major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City
1958 – 1965:Works again as a freelance photographer, accompanying her husband on U.S. aid assignments in Asia, South America, and the Middle East
1954 – 1955:Staff photographer with Life magazine
1950 – 1951:Conducts seminars and participates in photographic conferences
1946 – 1950:Poor health force her to remain inactive for several years
1943 – 1945:Works for the Office of War Information, San Francisco
1942:Works for the U.S. War Relocation Agency in San Francisco
1941:Awarded by a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1941 for “photographic study of the American social scene,” a project she is prevented from completing by the United States’ entry into World War II
1940:Establishes a studio in Berkeley, California
1935:With Paul Taylor (whom she later marries) Lange begins work for the California Rural Rehabilitation Administration
1935 – 1942:As a member of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographic unit under Roy Stryker, photographs migrant workers, sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and other victims of the Depression in 22 states, primarily in the South and West
1934:A critical article about Lange written by Willard Van Dyke appears in Camera Craft
1932:After a decade as a studio portraitist, begins to photograph people in their social contexts on the streets of San Francisco
1919 – 1940:Operates her own studio
1918:Becomes employed as a photofinisher in San Francisco, where she works as a freelance photographer
1914:Visits the Fifth Avenue portrait studio of Arnold Genthe; he gives her her first camera and encourages her photographic work during the next year
Oeuvre
Genre et technique
Photo :
Sujets
DocumentaireGuerre
Histoire/Société
Identités culturelles
Mouvements et styles
Photo-LeagueOeuvres
Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California | |
Date de création : 1936 Technique : Photo Sujets : Histoire/Société | |
Expositions personnelles (Sélection)
Expositions individuelles
2002
About Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange
J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles CA, États-Unis
15/10/2002 – 09/02/2003
Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
Edwynn Houk Gallery – New York NY, États-Unis
18/09/2002 – 02/11/2002
2000
Dorothea’s Children
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, États-Unis
28/07/2000 – 20/10/2000
1994
Dorothea Lange
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, États-Unis
1994
1978
Dorothea Lange
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, États-Unis
1978
1973
Dorothea Lange
V & A – The Victoria and Albert Museum – Londres, Royaume-Uni
1973
1971
Dorothea Lange
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, États-Unis
1971
1966
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, États-Unis
1966
Dorothea Lange
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, États-Unis
1966
1960
Dorothea Lange
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, États-Unis
1960
Dorothea Lange
Oakland Museum of California – Oakland CA, États-Unis
1960
Expositions collectives (Sélection)
Expositions collectives
2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée Fabre – Montpellier, France
12/04/2002 – 23/06/2002
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Rennes, France
17/01/2002 – 31/03/2002
2001
Made in USA : L’Art américain de 1908 à 1947
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Bordeaux, France
10/10/2001 – 31/12/2001
1975
Women of Photography: An Historical Survey
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, États-Unis
1975
1972
Executive Order 9066: The Internment of 110,000 Japanese Americans
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, États-Unis
1972
1962
The Bitter Years: FSA Photographers 1935-1941
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, États-Unis
1962
1955
The Family of Man
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, États-Unis
24/01/1955 – 08/05/1955
Salons/Foires artistiques
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
16/11/2006 – 19/11/2006
Représenté par : Edwynn Houk Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, États-Unis
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
17/11/2005 – 20/11/2005
Représenté par : Edwynn Houk Gallery – 745 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, États-Unis
2003
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, États-Unis
09/05/2003 – 12/05/2003
Représenté par : Alan Koppel Gallery – 210 West Chicago Avenue – Chicago IL, États-Unis
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
15/11/2001 – 18/11/2001
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, États-Unis
16/02/2001 – 18/02/2001
Représenté par : John Cleary Gallery – 2635 Colquitt – Houston TX, États-Unis
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, États-Unis
18/01/2001 – 21/01/2001
Représenté par : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, États-Unis
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
16/11/2000 – 19/11/2000
Représenté par : A Gallery for Fine Photography – 322 Royal Street – La Nouvelle-Orléans LA, États-Unis
Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, États-Unis
27/07/2000 – 30/07/2000
Représenté par : Alan Klotz / Photocollect – 22 East 72nd Street – New York NY, États-Unis
photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, États-Unis
20/01/2000 – 23/01/2000
Représenté par : Alan Klotz / Photocollect – 22 East 72nd Street – New York NY, États-Unis