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Bruno of Hollywood B & W Original Nude Photograph Woman with Flowers, Framed

Name: Bruno of Hollywood B & W Original Nude Photograph Woman with Flowers, Framed
Brand: Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood)
Price: 750 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

A beautiful mid century modern nude by photographerBruno Bernard aka Bruno of Hollywood. His work is very collectible and hard to find these original prints while he was still alive and printing his own work. The photo is a crisp beautiful black-and-white and 8 x 10 size. Framed in a nice black frame 11 x 14 with white matt. The photo obtains the name of the model, handwritten on back of photo: Anne Procter. See our other listings for more vintage original mid-century nudes both male and female. BRUNO BERNARD b.1912 - d.1987 Bruno Bernard, professionally known as Bernard of Hollywood, was one of the most sought-after glamour photographers of Hollywood's Golden Era. He is the undisputed master of the Pin Up Genre in photography, and an artist who launched untold careers via his lens. Born into poverty in 1912 in Berlin, he grew up in an orphanage but, having been encouraged to get an education, attended Kiel University where he received his doctorate in Criminal Law. He was in the two percent of Jews to gain a doctorate in 1934 and in 1937, at the age of 26, he escaped Nazi Germany and immigrated to America. He continued his post-graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, but by 1940 he was overwhelmingly drawn to the arts and moved to Los Angeles to become a directorial apprentice under Max Reinhart's Actor's Workshop. He set up his first darkroom in the basement of his Hollywood apartment and with no previous formal training, began to explore the art of photography. Inspired by his background in psychology, his recent brief education in directing, and a collaboration with the world famous Pin-Up artist Alberto Vargas, Bruno Bernard developed his own unique style of glamour portrait that he called the “posed candid”. Bernard soon opened his first professional photography studio on Sunset Blvd and began shooting portraits of the wives and children of the many Hollywood insiders that he had met during his residency at the Reinhardt School. As word spread of his masterful results and his connected clientele, he became known as “Bernard of Hollywood”, a moniker he would use as his trademark for many years to come. By 1942, Bernard had opened two more high-profile studios in Las Vegas and Palm Springs, and was renowned for his glamorous clientele and exclusive access. He first met the young Norma Jean Dougherty in 1946 while she was just starting out as a working model, and she returned to him for more work when her second film contract was not renewed in 1949. That same day, Bernard invited Norma Jean to the Palm Springs Racquet Club for an advertising photo-shoot he had booked, telling her that it would be a good place for her to go, as “there are a lot of directors and producers sitting around there.” She jumped at the chance, and was soon introduced to Johnny Hyde, VP of William Morris Talent Agency who promptly fell head over heels for the young ingenue. Within months Hyde had successfully negotiated a 7-year contract with 20th Century Fox for the newly crafted “Marilyn Monroe”, and the rest, as they say, is history. Bernard continued his work with the elite Hollywood crowds, and maintained a busy advertising photography schedule for many years. Inevitably he photographed Marilyn several more times, perhaps most notably in 1954, on the set of The Seven Year Itch, where he captured some of the most iconic shots ever taken of Marilyn with her white dress billowing up around her. In 1999, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City would select Bernard's Marilyn in White, from The Seven Year Itch session as "The Symbol of the Century," reproducing it as a 60 foot billboard on Fifth Avenue to advertise their Fame After Photography exhibition, along with subway posters, the sides of busses, in phone booths, and full-page ads in The New York Times. Shortly after Marilyn’s death in 1962, Bernard sold his three landmark studios to return to his homeland, and became a foreign photojournalist, covering the Eichmann trial for Der Spiegel. He was so moved, he compiled the best seller; Israel Impressions. In 1969 he moved to Spain and began building a three-story Mediterranean villa on the pristine beaches of Palma de Mallorca. In the 1980s he returned to Los Angeles, to be near his family. He died in 1987. Bruno Bernard was the first still photographer to be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in 1984 with an honorary exhibition of 150 of his photographs of such luminaries as Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Gregory Peck, Ginger Rogers, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Elvis Presley, Lucille Ball and others.

Creator:

Bruno Bernard (Bernard of Hollywood) (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11 in (27.94 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

Style:

Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper,Hand-Crafted

Place of Origin:

United States

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1950s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

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