Robert Capa (1913–1954) - Resistance Fighters in Paris 1944

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Robert Capa born Endre Ernő Friedmann (Budapest, October 22, 1913 – Thái Bình Province, Vietnam, May 25, 1954)
Friedman had fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager, moving to Berlin, where he enrolled in the university. He worked part-time as a darkroom assistant for income and then became a staff photographer for the German photographic agency, Dephot. He witnessed the rise of Hitler, which led him to move to Paris, where he met and began to work with his professional partner Gerda Taro, and they began to publish their work separately.
He subsequently covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the First Indochina War, with his photos published in major magazines and newspapers.
In 1947, for his work recording World War II in pictures, U.S. general Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded Capa the Medal of Freedom. That same year, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris.
His biography is well described in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa

Capa’s estate is preserved at the International Center of Photography in New York. Many of his photos have been published in numerous books.
Print used in the exhibition SHOTS OF WAR, first shown in Graz, Austria at Schlossberg, then in 42 towns in Belgium, 2009 at Scuderie de la Quirinale
In Rome and next year at Brückenkopf (Bridgehead) in Torgau, Germany,
In April 1945 Capa documented the battle of Leipzig, 50 km away from Torgau, but he missed the meeting of members of the Red and U.S. Army
on the Elbe River, still today commemorated as Elbe Day. From Leipzig Capa moved to Berlin. A selection of the photos taken there were published in „Berlin Sommer/Summer 1945“.

Robert Capa born Endre Ernő Friedmann (Budapest, October 22, 1913 – Thái Bình Province, Vietnam, May 25, 1954)
Friedman had fled political repression in Hungary when he was a teenager, moving to Berlin, where he enrolled in the university. He worked part-time as a darkroom assistant for income and then became a staff photographer for the German photographic agency, Dephot. He witnessed the rise of Hitler, which led him to move to Paris, where he met and began to work with his professional partner Gerda Taro, and they began to publish their work separately.
He subsequently covered five wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the First Indochina War, with his photos published in major magazines and newspapers.
In 1947, for his work recording World War II in pictures, U.S. general Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded Capa the Medal of Freedom. That same year, Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris.
His biography is well described in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa

Capa’s estate is preserved at the International Center of Photography in New York. Many of his photos have been published in numerous books.
Print used in the exhibition SHOTS OF WAR, first shown in Graz, Austria at Schlossberg, then in 42 towns in Belgium, 2009 at Scuderie de la Quirinale
In Rome and next year at Brückenkopf (Bridgehead) in Torgau, Germany,
In April 1945 Capa documented the battle of Leipzig, 50 km away from Torgau, but he missed the meeting of members of the Red and U.S. Army
on the Elbe River, still today commemorated as Elbe Day. From Leipzig Capa moved to Berlin. A selection of the photos taken there were published in „Berlin Sommer/Summer 1945“.

Details

Date of print
2018
Artist
Robert Capa (1913–1954)
Sold by
Owner or reseller
Title of artwork
Resistance Fighters in Paris 1944
Condition
Extremely fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
24 cm
Edition
5
Width
30 cm
Signature
Stamped
Genre
Military and war
GermanyVerified
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Objects sold
Private

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