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Jean Moral
French
1906–1999
1906 |
Born
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Marchiennes |
1914 |
Attends boarding school; begins to draw
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Chartres |
1920s |
Serves in the French army
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Saint-Omer Algeria |
1926 |
Begins photographing at the beaches and dunes in Lacanau
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Lacanau |
1927 |
Jean Moral and Roger Parry meet
At location: Roger Parry, Jean Moral
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Paris |
1928–32 |
Works for designer Alfred Tolmer, first as a graphic designer, then as a photographer; helps make the book Mise en Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-Out. Uses Rolleiflex, Leica, and Contex cameras
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Paris |
June–September 1930 |
Das Lichtbild exhibition
Participant: Aenne Biermann, Bill Brandt, Max Burchartz, César Domela-Nieuwenhuis, Florence Henri, Lotte Jacobi, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, Walter A. Peterhans, August Sander, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, Franz Roh, Marianne Breslauer, Alexander Hackenschmied, Edmund Kesting, Jean Moral, Willy Zielke, Lore Feininger, Hans Finsler
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Munich |
1931 |
Publishes photographs in Der Querschnitt, Photographie, Die Dame, Vanity Fair, Votre beauté, Modern Photography, and Le Figaro illustré
Contributor: Jean Moral
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New York Paris Berlin |
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 |
La Constitution des artistes photographes at Galerie-Studio St. Jacques
Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral
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Paris |
1932 |
His photographs are published on the first two covers of VU magazine
Contributor: Jean Moral
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Paris |
January 1933 |
Salon du nu photographique at Galerie de la Renaissance
Participant: Florence Henri, Jean Moral
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Paris |
1933–46 |
Jean Moral publishes fashion photographs exclusively in Harper's Bazaar
When the magazine first contacted him, Moral sought Maurice Tabard's advice.
Affiliated: Maurice Tabard
Contributor: Jean Moral
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New York |
April 1–20, 1933 |
L'Image photographique en France de daguerre a nos jours at Galerie Braun & Cie
Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Théo Blanc, Jean Moral, Antoine Demilly
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Paris |
May 3–June 3, 1933 |
Groupe annuel des photographes at La Galerie de la Pléiade
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Paris |
1934 |
Travels in London, Madrid, Toledo, and Rome
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Rome Toledo Madrid London |
July 1934 |
Exposition de la Société des Artistes Photographes at Studio St. Jacques
Participant: André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral
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Paris |
November 1934 |
Groupe annuel des photographes at La Galerie de la Pléiade
Participant: Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Maurice Tabard, Jacques-André Boiffard, Jean Moral
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Paris |
1935 |
Travels to New York for US Picture
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New York |
June 1935 |
Exposition de l'AEAR–Documents de la vie sociale at Galerie de la Pléiade
Organizer: Jean Painlevé
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Paris |
1938 |
Experiments with Kodachrome still lifes and fashion photographs
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Paris |
October–November 1938 |
Photographs the Spanish Civil War for Paris-Soir
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Madrid Barcelona |
March 1939 |
Exposition de l'école Française de photographie at the Danske Kunstindustrimuseum
Participant: Florence Henri, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), Roger Parry, Maurice Tabard, Jean Moral, Jean Painlevé
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Copenhagen |
Early 1940s |
Moves to Lyon and then Cannes; meets Francis Picabia, who encourages him to give up photography for drawing
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Cannes Lyon |
1999 |
Dies
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Montreux |