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Brassai
13 September 2019 - 4 December 2019
Brassai, View through the Pont Royal toward the Pont Solferino, 1933 © Estate Brassaï Succession, Paris
Brassaï (1899- 1984) created countless iconic images of 1930s Parisian life. He was famous for capturing the grittier aspects of the city, but also documented high society, including the ballet, opera, and intellectuals. Foam Museum dedicated to the great French photographer of Hungarian descent the first retrospective in the Netherlands: over 170 vintage prints, plus a selection of drawings, a sculpture and documentary material.
Among the photographs, including bistros and mists, there are also portraits of protagonists of the Parisian life of the time: intellectuals and artists who were friends of Brassaï like Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Salvador Dalì.