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Willy Ronis Photography

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
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.
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20th Century Willy Ronis Photography

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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 ...
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1960s Modern Willy Ronis Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Le Café de France, Black and White Contemporary French Street Photography 1970s
By Willy Ronis
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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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1970s Contemporary Willy Ronis Photography

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Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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 Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Avenue Simon Bolivar - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, French Humanist Photography
By Willy Ronis
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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.
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1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Photography

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Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper

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.
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1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Photography

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Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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 Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Fondamente Nuove, Venice
By Willy Ronis
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed by artist
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Mid-20th Century Willy Ronis Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Menilmontant (Devant chez Mestre)
By Willy Ronis
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Ménilmontant [Devant Chez Mestre], 1957/Printed Later Titled & dated in pencil with the photographer's stamp on verso; Signed in ink on recto Gelatin silver print Image 12-1/2" x 10-...
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1950s Willy Ronis Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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1950s Willy Ronis Photography

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Silver Gelatin

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