Fred Lyon Art
American, b. 1927
Known as “San Francisco’s Brassa,” Fred Lyon is a San Francisco native whose photographs have appeared in magazines such as Life, Look, Sports Illustrated, and Vogue. Lyon studied with Ansel Adams, and his photographs over the years have included news, fashion, advertising, and jazz. He’s photographed Billie Holiday and Sonny Rollins as well as dock workers, kids playing on the city’s famously steep Kearny Street, and fishermen in Sausalito. He has explored every corner of his hometown over the years, including photographing bridge painters touching up the Golden Gate Bridge, graphic black-and-white photographs of the city’s neighborhoods and architecture, and images of San Francisco at night.to
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Artist: Fred Lyon
San Francisco. 'Seagull over Golden Gate Bridge, 1950s'. Book & Signed Print
By Fred Lyon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An epic pictorial history of the City by the Bay
Starting with an early picture of a gang of badass gold prospectors who put this beautiful Northern California city on the map, this ambitious and immersive photographic history of San Francisco takes a winding tour through the city from the mid–nineteeth century to the present day.
Enjoy eye-catching views of the city’s most enduring landmarks and symbols: the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown, the picturesque trams that wind up and down the famously steep hills, the popular waterfront, its beautiful bay, and its spectacular cityscapes and vistas. San Francisco’s counterculture movements that shaped our collective consciousness are also featured prominently: the beats of North Beach, the hippies of Haight-Ashbury, the gay communities of Castro, and the Black Panthers of neighboring Oakland. Some of the city’s most famous residents also make appearances: Robin Williams, The Grateful Dead, Angela Davis...
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Huntington Hotel
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Fred Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jones and O'Farrell Street Line
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Fred Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Fog Along Embarcadero
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
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1950s Fred Lyon Art
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Telegraph Hill, Top of Union Street
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
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1950s Fred Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Foggy Night, Land's End, San Francisco, CA
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lyon has been called "San Francisco's Brassaï," and has also been compared to Cartier-Bresson, Atget, and Andre Kertesz, but with a San Francisco twist. The lifelong San Francisco Native happily admits his debt to those icons.
Now at eighty-eight years old, his nonstop career reaches back to the early 1940s and embracing news, fashion, architecture, advertising, and food. In the golden years of magazines, his picture credits were everywhere from LIFE to VOGUE. He is now combining his extensive picture files for galleries, publishers, and print collectors.
c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Fred Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
San Francisco Ballet Backstage
By Fred Lyon
Located in Santa Monica, CA
signed, titled, dated by artist in pencil, verso
(c) The Estate of Fred Lyon Courtesy. Peter Fetterman Gallery
Category
1950s Fred Lyon Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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