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Herbert List
German
1903–1975
About the Artist
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Herbert List. Self-portrait, Switzerland, Ticino, Ascona. 1936. © Herbert List/Magnum Photos
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Paris
- Publications Vogue, 1892–1949
Artist Chronology
| October 7, 1903 |
Born
At location: Herbert List
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Hamburg |
| Beginning in 1925 |
Takes photographs while traveling on behalf of his father's coffee business
At location: Herbert List
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El Salvador Guatemala San Francisco Brazil Venezuela |
| 1930 |
Meets Andreas Feininger, who introduces him to the Rolleiflex camera
At location: Herbert List
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Hamburg |
| 1932 |
Herbert List meets George Hoyningen-Huene
At location: Herbert List, George Hoyningen-Huene
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Berlin |
| 1935–39 |
Publishes regularly in Photographie
Contributor: Herbert List
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Paris |
| 1936–40 |
Lives in hotels in Paris, London, and Greece
At location: Herbert List
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Paris Greece London |
| 1936 |
Experiments with fashion photography at the studio of Harper's Bazaar. The studio props interest him more than the fashions, resulting in a series of Surrealist still lifes
At location: Herbert List
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London |
| 1937–39 |
Publishes photographs in Harper's Bazaar, Verve, and Life
Contributor: Herbert List
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New York Paris London |
| July 9–30, 1937 |
Exhibition at the Galerie du Chasseur d'Images
Participant: Herbert List
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Paris |
| 1941–75 |
Lives in Munich
At location: Herbert List
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Munich |
| 1941 |
Though List's non-Aryan status prevents him from working for the German press, he is able to publish photographs in Die Dame, Das XX. Jahrhundert, and Die Neue Linie
Contributor: Herbert List
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Berlin Leipzig Jena |
| 1942 |
Exhibition at Galerie Karl Buchholz
Participant: Herbert List
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Berlin |
| 1944–45 |
List receives orders to lead an infantry division map store. Shortly after arriving, he feigns a heart attack in order to be discharged
At location: Herbert List
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Bergen |
| Spring 1946–1951 |
Works as art editor and contributor at Heute
At location: Herbert List
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Munich |
| 1953 |
Callwey Verlag publishes Licht über Hellas
Charles Peignot, publisher of Arts et métiers graphiques, commissioned the book in 1938.
Contributor: Herbert List
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Munich |
| April 4, 1975 |
Dies
At location: Herbert List
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Munich |
