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Robert Doisneau (1912–1994) was a French photographer, photojournalist, and lithographer. Born in Gentilly and deceased in Paris, he worked primarily in the field of photography. His notable work includes *The Kiss at the Hôtel de Ville*. Other significant works listed include *Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit*, *La vie de famille*, *Bonjour Monsieur Le Corbusier*, *Les grandes vacances*, and *Robert Doisneau*.
Doisneau received the USSR State Prize. His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art. He was a French citizen who spoke French and had two children. A quote attributed to him states, "The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street."
Synthesized by Vinony from 36 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 Avril 1912
- Died
- 1 Avril 1994
- Works
- 98
Top works
- Drei Sekunden Ewigkeit
- La vie de famille
- Bonjour Monsieur Le Corbusier
- Les grandes vacances
- Robert Doisneau
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1912-04-14
- Active to
- 1994-04-01
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 70
- Total plays
- 104
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Doisneau">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,780x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,550x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,824x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,789x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,499x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “The marvels of daily life are exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the street.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Doisneau , ( 1912-04-14 ) 14 April 1912, Gentilly , France
- Died
- 1 April 1994 (1994-04-01) (aged 81), Montrouge , France
- Resting place
- Raizeux
- Education
- École Estienne , 1929 graduate, diplomas in engraving and lithography
- Occupations
- Photographer, engraver
- Known for
- Street photography , Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville ( The kiss by the City Hall )
- Title
- Chevalier of the Order of the Legion of Honour
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Gentilly
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- lithographer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- USSR State Prize
- Field of work
- photography
- Official website
- www.robert-doisneau.com
- Image
- Robert Doisneau photographed by Bracha L. Ettinger in his studio in Montrouge, 1992.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Robert Doisneau
- date of death
- 1994-04-01
- date of birth
- 1912-04-14
- name in native language
- Robert Doisneau
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- ethnic group
- French
- significant person
- Robert Giraud
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Doisneau
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Doisneau ( French: [ʁɔbɛʁ dwano]; 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. From the 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, a pioneer of photojournalism.
Doisneau is known for his 1950 image Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville (The Kiss by the City Hall), a photograph of a couple kissing on a busy Parisian street.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robert Doisneau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.