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Eli Lotar
French
1905–1969
About the Artist
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Roger Livet. Portrait of Eli Lotar Leaning on a Table. c. 1930. © Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. Digital image: © CNAC/MNAM/Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY - Alternate Name(s) Eliazar Lotar Theodoresco (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Paris
- Schools Levy Gallery, 1931–49
- Exhibitions Exposition de l'AEAR, 1935 Photographie contemporaine, 1936 Film und Foto, 1929 Foto der Gegenwart, 1929
- Publications Vu, 1928–31
Artist Chronology
| January 30, 1905 |
Born
At location: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| 1907–24 |
The Lotar family lives in Romania
At location: Eli Lotar
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Bucharest |
| December 1924 |
Moves to Paris; works as an extra for films and begins taking photographs
At location: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| 1926 |
Becomes a French citizen
At location: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| 1927–29 |
Germaine Krull and Eli Lotar collaborate
At location: Germaine Krull, Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| 1928–30 |
Publishes photographs in Jazz, Vu, Variétés, L'Art vivant, Documents, and Bifur
Contributor: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| 1928–29 |
Makes still photographs for René Clair's silent film Les Deux Timides and collaborates with filmmmaker Joris Ivens; meets Antonin Artaud and Pierre Prévert
At location: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| October–November 1928 |
Exposition de photographie at Galerie de l'Epoque
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Brussels |
| 1929–32 |
Jacques-André Boiffard and Eli Lotar establish Studios Unis: Atelier de photographie
At location: Jacques-André Boiffard, Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| January 20–February 17, 1929 |
Fotografie der Gegenwart at Museum Folkwang
Kestner Gesellschaft v.V, Königstrasse 8, Hannover Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Lützowstrasse 32, Berlin Whitechapel Art Gallery, London Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt Leipziger Kunstverein, Augustusplatz 6, Leipzig Lichthof des Neuen Rathauses, Dresden Kunstverein, Rostock am Adolf-Mittag-See, Städtisches Ausstellungsamt, Magdeburg Landesgewerbeanstalt, Kaiserslautern Vereinigung Göttinger Kunstfreunde, Göttingen
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Lucia Moholy, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Comeriner, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Frieda Gertrud Riess, Sasha Stone, Hans Finsler, Paul Edmund Hahn, Cami Stone
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Essen |
| May 18–July 7, 1929 |
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin Stadtmuseum, Danzig Österreichisches Museum, Vienna Agram, Zagreb Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Osaka
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone
Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov
Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied
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Stuttgart |
| 1930 |
Lotar is the cameraman for Painlevé's films Les Crabes, Caprelles et Pantopodes, and Crevettes
At location: Eli Lotar, Jean Painlevé
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Brittany |
| December 1930 |
Group exhibition organized by the Amateur Worker Photographers
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Paris |
| November 28–December 29, 1931 |
La Publicité par la photographie at Galerie d'Art Contemporain
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Paris |
| December 15, 1931–January 15, 1932 |
Photographes d’aujourd’hui at Galerie de la Plume d'Or
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Paris |
| 1932–37 |
Travels frequently and takes photographs in Spain and Greece
At location: Eli Lotar
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Greece Spain |
| 1932 |
Cameraman for Pierre Prévert's film L'Affaire est dans le sac
At location: Eli Lotar
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France |
| February 7–25, 1932 |
Modern Photography at Home and Abroad at the Albright Art Gallery
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Buffalo |
| February 20–March 11, 1932 |
Modern European Photography at the Julien Levy Gallery
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New York |
| 1933 |
Jacques-André Boiffard and Eli Lotar travel to the USSR with the theater group Le Groupe Octobre; once there, they are hired as photographers on Fernando de Cardenas's yacht
At location: Jacques-André Boiffard, Eli Lotar
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Russia |
| 1933 |
Cinematographer for Luis Buñuel's film Las Hurdes
At location: Eli Lotar
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Cáceres |
| June 1935 |
Exposition de l'AEAR–Documents de la vie sociale at Galerie de la Pléiade
Organizer: Jean Painlevé
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Paris |
| 1936 |
100 nouvelles photos de Grèce at Galerie de la Pléiade
Participant: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
| January 16–March 1, 1936 |
Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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Paris |
| March 1936 |
Solarisations et painture révélateur par Tabard at La Galerie de la Pléiade
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Paris |
| 1945 |
Directs the film Aubervilliers
At location: Eli Lotar
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Aubervilliers |
| May 10, 1969 |
Dies
At location: Eli Lotar
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Paris |
