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Willy Ronis Figurative 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.
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Artist: Willy Ronis
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.
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1950s Contemporary Willy Ronis Figurative Photography

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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.
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1930s Contemporary Willy Ronis Figurative Photography

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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 Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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 Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

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The Lovers of the Bastille - Willy Ronis, 20th Century, Humanist Photographer
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