Willy Ronis Art
French, 1910-2009
Claiming interest in “ordinary people with ordinary lives,” Willy Ronis was among the foremost postwar French photographers, who spent his career roaming the Parisian streets capturing people in love, at work, and at play in lyrical black-and-white images. Like his colleagues Robert Doisneau, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Brassaï, he was a central figure in the “humanist photography” movement, celebrating the poetry in the everyday in warm, witty images. “I have never sought out the extraordinary or the scoop,” he once said. “The beauty of the ordinary was always the source of my greatest emotions.” Ronis honed his sense of proportion and composition working in his parents’ photography studio. He holds the distinction of being the first French staff photographer for LIFE Magazine, and his work was included in Edward Steichen’s seminal “Five French Photographers” (1951) and “The Family of Man” (1955) exhibitions.(Biography provided by Claire Corcia Gallery)
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Artist: Willy Ronis
Rue Muller Willy Ronis Twentieth Century Humanist photography Paris black white
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1930s Contemporary Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Carrefour Sèvres-Babylone Willy Ronis Twentieth Century Humanist photography art
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1940s Contemporary Willy Ronis Art
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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Le Nu Provençal
By Willy Ronis
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Willy Ronis, Le Nu Provençal, 1949, printed 2001. 12 1/4 x 10 1/8", gelatin silver print. Signed on print recto. Titled, dated and artist stamp on print verso.
Category
20th Century Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Female Nude in Bed, Gordes
By Willy Ronis
Located in Cologne, DE
Willy Ronis (Paris, France, August 14, 1910 - Paris, September 12, 2009) was a French photographer who portrayed post-war Paris and Provence during his lifetime. Ronis' father was a ...
Category
1960s Modern Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Avenue Simon Bolivar - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Art
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Deena's back - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right by the artist.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
Category
1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Le Café de France, Black and White Contemporary French Street Photography 1970s
By Willy Ronis
Located in New york, NY
Le Café de France à L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 1979 by Willy Ronis is a gelatin silver later print, measuring 11.8" x 15.75". Signed recto (on front), tit...
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Lorraine - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
Located in Paris, FR
One of the famous members of the Humanist photography in France.
Signed lower right.
Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.
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1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Homme sur un Banc
By Willy Ronis
Located in London, GB
Inscribed with date, stamped with ‘Photo Willy Ronis’ ink stamp, ‘11 rue Bargue’ and crossed out ‘7 rue Charbonniers’ ink stamps, and ‘signature obligatoire’ ink stamp on reverse
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1950s Modern Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fondamente Nuove, Venice
By Willy Ronis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Le Petit Parisien
By Willy Ronis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Le Petit Parisian, Paris, 1952
Signed on recto in ink; titled and dated in pencil on verso
Gelatin Silver Print
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1950s Willy Ronis Art
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Silver Gelatin
Menilmontant (Devant chez Mestre)
By Willy Ronis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Ménilmontant [Devant Chez Mestre], 1957/Printed Later
Titled & dated in pencil with the photographer's stamp on verso; Signed in ink on recto
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Image 12-1/2" x 10-...
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1950s Willy Ronis Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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