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Aurel Bauh. Self Portrait. 1930–34. Silver gelatin print, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4" (17.2 × 12.1 cm). Courtesy Kapandji Morhange

Romanian graphic artist and photographer Aurel Bauh began his artistic career in 1922–23 as a student of the Ukrainian artist and sculptor Archipenko, in Berlin. In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he studied at Fernand Léger’s Académie Moderne, where he would also exhibit his work. In 1929 he began experimenting with photography, focusing especially on Photogram, Solarization, and other darkroom techniques. The following two years define his photographic pursuits. In 1930 Bauh made a series of photographs of the Ukrainian model Assia Granatouroff, who was a popular muse of Paris’s artists; in 1931, he worked in advertising photography. In 1936 his work was included in the International Exhibition of Contemporary Photography and published by the influential art publisher Arts et Métiers Graphiques in 28 études de nus (28 studies of nudes). From 1937–60 he lived in Bucharest, Romania, where he ran a photographic studio, documented the city, and exhibited his experimental works. In 1960 he returned to Paris, continuing his work in advertising and nude photography until his death in 1964.

—Mitra Abbaspour
Alternate Name(s) Aurel Bauch (Birth Name)

Meeting Points

Cultural Hubs Paris
Photo Industry Hubs Berlin
Exhibitions Photographie contemporaine, 1936

Artist Chronology

1900	Born At location: Aurel Bauh	Craiova
1922–23	Studies with the sculptor Aleksandr Archipenko At location: Aurel Bauh	Berlin
1923–36	Lives in Paris At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1923–26	Studies at Fernand Léger's Académie Moderne At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
May 25–August 1, 1925	Exposition d'art Roumain ancien et moderne at the Musée du Jeu de Paume Organizer: Aurel Bauh	Paris
June 30–July 13, 1926	Exhibition of the Académie Moderne Participant: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1927	Designs fabrics and carpets At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
January 21–February 22, 1927	Salon des Indépendants Participant: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1929	Begins photographing and experimenting with darkroom techniques such as solarization and photograms At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1930–32	Works with the Ukrainian model Assia Granatouroff At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1934	Publishes photographs in Viata Studenteasca, Fantasio, and Secrets de Paris Contributor: Aurel Bauh	Paris Bucharest
1936	Work is represented in the book 28 études de nus, published by Arts et Métiers Graphiques Contributor: Aurel Bauh	Paris
January 16–March 1, 1936	Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine at Musée des Arts Décoratifs Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Marianne Breslauer, Aurel Bauh, Horacio Coppola, Edmund Kesting, Fred Korth, Eli Lotar, Jean Painlevé	Paris
1936–60	Lives in Bucharest At location: Aurel Bauh	Bucharest
Early 1937	Opens a studio, where he exhibits his photographs At location: Aurel Bauh	Bucharest
1939	Publishes photographs in Romania, Revista de sociologie, and Romania Literara Contributor: Aurel Bauh	Bucharest
1957	Publishes Bucharest, with photographs of the city's architecture, monuments, and parks Contributor: Aurel Bauh	Bucharest
1960–64	Lives in Paris At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
1960–64	Works in advertising and nude photography At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris
November 20, 1964	Dies At location: Aurel Bauh	Paris

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