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René Groebli
531 – René Groebli, Black and White, Nude, Photography, Body, Woman, Erotic, Art

1952

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René GROEBLI (*1927, Switzerland) 531, 1952 Vintage silver gelatin print on Baryta paper Sheet 19.5 x 28.2 cm (7 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.) Unique Framed Signed and dated on verso René Groebli (born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1927) secured his place among the elite of Swiss post-war photographers with his 1949 portfolio MAGIE DER SCHIENE (RAIL MAGIC). In the early fifties Groebli worked as reporter for Life, Picture Post and other international magazines. During the following years he owned a studio for industrial and advertising photography. In 1957 the American Color Annual named him MASTER OF COLOR. In the early 80s Groebli stopped working for advertising and rediscovered for himself the possibilities of expression that black & white photography offers. In 1999 the Zurich Kunsthaus (Art Museum) showed a representative selection of his photographs from the years 1946 to 1996. With NUDES René Groebli gives us a work for sensuous pleasure that had grown over half a century. In the long history of sensual art photography one is hard pressed to find anyone comparable to the Swiss photo artist. His images appear timeless and still exhibit a technical perfection and expression of joy in experimentation that one usually ascribes to the avant-garde. Sometimes Groebli's work seems more akin to painting or at least to a pictorial kind of photography. In place of blurring brush strokes or filters he uses the grain of the film itself for the visual distortion of his photographs. – René Groebli, Black and White, Nude, Photography, Body, Woman, Erotic, Light, People, Silver Gelatin Print, Vintag Print
  • Creator:
    René Groebli (1927, Swiss)
  • Creation Year:
    1952
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 28.2 in (71.63 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Zurich, CH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1280110667742
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