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== Early Life and Career ==
== Early Life and Career ==
Anton Bruehl was born in [[Hawker, South Australia|Hawker, Australia]] in 1900, the son of German immigrants.<ref name="MoMA">{{cite web |title=Anton Bruehl American 1900–1982 |url=https://www.moma.org/interactives/objectphoto/artists/822.html |website=MoMA |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> In 1919, he moved to the United States to work as an electrical engineer and was already "a skilled amateur photographer".<ref name="MoMA" /> Bruehl was taught by [[Clarence Hudson White|Clarence H. White]] for six months in 1923, then being asked to teach at White's school for summer sessions in Maine. After White's passing in 1925, Bruehl opened his own studio in New York, at first partnering with photographer [[Ralph Steiner]] and then later with his older brother [[Martin Bruehl (photographer)|Martin Bruehl]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |author1=Yochelson, Bonnie |title=Anton Bruehl |publication-date=1998 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31793746 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Howard Greenberg Gallery ; 1998 |author2=Bruehl, Anton, 1900-1982 |author3=Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York, N.Y.)}}.</ref> Working in New York, Bruehl created colour photographs for advertisements in top American magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and the ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. Outside of advertising, Bruehl produced images of screen and stage stars, and other celebrities, and produced the award-winning documentary photo book ''Photographs of'' ''Mexico'' (1933).<ref>{{Citation |author1=Bruehl, Anton |title=In the spotlight : Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s-1950s / edited by Gael Newton |year=2010 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4937572 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=National Gallery of Australia |language=English |isbn=9780642334138 |author2=Newton, Gael |author3=National Gallery of Australia |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Bruehl won top advertising awards for his photography throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s. Working for [[Condé Nast]] Publications, he developed the Bruehl-Bourges color process with color specialist [[Fernand Bourges]], which gave [[Condé Nast]] a monopoly on color magazine reproduction from 1932 to 1935.<ref name=":0" /> In 1931 [[Alma Reed]] exhibited Bruehl’s non-commercial photographs at her New York gallery, [[Delphic Studios]]. Bruel retired from his photography studio in 1966.
Anton Bruehl was born in [[Hawker, South Australia|Hawker, Australia]] in 1900, the son of German immigrants.<ref name="MoMA">{{cite web |title=Anton Bruehl American 1900–1982 |url=https://www.moma.org/interactives/objectphoto/artists/822.html |website=MoMA |access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref> In 1919, he moved to the United States to work as an electrical engineer and was already "a skilled amateur photographer".<ref name="MoMA" /> Bruehl was taught by [[Clarence Hudson White|Clarence H. White]] for six months in 1923, then being asked to teach at White's school for summer sessions in Maine. After White's passing in 1925, Bruehl opened his own studio in New York, at first partnering with photographer [[Ralph Steiner]] and then later with his older brother [[Martin Bruehl (photographer)|Martin Bruehl]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation |author1=Yochelson, Bonnie |title=Anton Bruehl |publication-date=1998 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/31793746 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=Howard Greenberg Gallery ; 1998 |author2=Bruehl, Anton, 1900-1982 |author3=Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York, N.Y.)}}.</ref> Working in New York, Bruehl created colour photographs for advertisements in top American magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' and the ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''. Outside of advertising, Bruehl produced images of screen and stage stars, and other celebrities, and produced the award-winning documentary photo book ''Photographs of'' ''Mexico'' (1933).<ref>{{Citation |author1=Bruehl, Anton |title=In the spotlight : Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s-1950s / edited by Gael Newton |year=2010 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn4937572 |access-date=25 March 2024 |publisher=National Gallery of Australia |language=English |isbn=9780642334138 |author2=Newton, Gael |author3=National Gallery of Australia |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Bruehl won top advertising awards for his photography throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s.<ref>Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection, New York: Bulfinch Press in association with the International Center of Photography, 1999, p. 210.</ref> Working for [[Condé Nast]] Publications, he developed the Bruehl-Bourges color process with color specialist [[Fernand Bourges]], which gave [[Condé Nast]] a monopoly on color magazine reproduction from 1932 to 1935.<ref name=":0" /> In 1931 [[Alma Reed]] exhibited Bruehl’s non-commercial photographs at her New York gallery, [[Delphic Studios]]. Bruel retired from his photography studio in 1966.


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==

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''In the Spotlight: Anton Bruehl Photographs'', 23 October 2010- 6 February 2011, [[National Gallery of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In the Spotlight |url=https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/in-the-spotlight/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=National Gallery of Australia |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Photography 1839-1937'', 17 March-18 April 1937, [[MoMA]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Newhall |first=Beaumont |title=Photography, 1839-1937 |date=1937 |publisher=MoMA |location=New York |publication-date=1937 |pages=6}}</ref>
* ''Three Centuries of American Art'', 24 May-31 July 1938, [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Trois siècles d'art aux États-Unis |publisher=Musée du Jeu de Paume |year=1938 |location=Paris |publication-date= |pages=87}}</ref>
* ''Portraits'', 4 November-7 December 1943, [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]].
* ''The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club'', 15 March-17 April 1949, [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]].

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* ''In the Spotlight: Anton Bruehl Photographs'', 23 October 2010- 6 February 2011, [[National Gallery of Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In the Spotlight |url=https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/in-the-spotlight/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=National Gallery of Australia |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection 1909-1949'', 13 December 2014-19 April 2015, [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]].


== Collections ==
== Collections ==

Revision as of 04:04, 25 March 2024

Anton Bruehl (1900 – 1982), was an Australian-born American fashion photographer.

Early Life and Career

Anton Bruehl was born in Hawker, Australia in 1900, the son of German immigrants.[1] In 1919, he moved to the United States to work as an electrical engineer and was already "a skilled amateur photographer".[1] Bruehl was taught by Clarence H. White for six months in 1923, then being asked to teach at White's school for summer sessions in Maine. After White's passing in 1925, Bruehl opened his own studio in New York, at first partnering with photographer Ralph Steiner and then later with his older brother Martin Bruehl.[2] Working in New York, Bruehl created colour photographs for advertisements in top American magazines such as Vogue and the Vanity Fair. Outside of advertising, Bruehl produced images of screen and stage stars, and other celebrities, and produced the award-winning documentary photo book Photographs of Mexico (1933).[3] Bruehl won top advertising awards for his photography throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s.[4] Working for Condé Nast Publications, he developed the Bruehl-Bourges color process with color specialist Fernand Bourges, which gave Condé Nast a monopoly on color magazine reproduction from 1932 to 1935.[2] In 1931 Alma Reed exhibited Bruehl’s non-commercial photographs at her New York gallery, Delphic Studios. Bruel retired from his photography studio in 1966.

Exhibitions

  • Photography 1839-1937, 17 March-18 April 1937, MoMA.[5]
  • Three Centuries of American Art, 24 May-31 July 1938, MoMA.[6]
  • Portraits, 4 November-7 December 1943, MoMA.
  • The 28th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art of the New York Art Directors Club, 15 March-17 April 1949, MoMA.
  • In the Spotlight: Anton Bruehl Photographs, 23 October 2010- 6 February 2011, National Gallery of Australia.[7]
  • Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection 1909-1949, 13 December 2014-19 April 2015, MoMA.

Collections

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.[8]

Musem of Modern Art, New York.[9]

Death

Bruehl died in 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anton Bruehl American 1900–1982". MoMA. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b Yochelson, Bonnie; Bruehl, Anton, 1900-1982; Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York, N.Y.) (1998), Anton Bruehl, Howard Greenberg Gallery ; 1998, retrieved 25 March 2024{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link).
  3. ^ Bruehl, Anton; Newton, Gael; National Gallery of Australia (2010), In the spotlight : Anton Bruehl photographs 1920s-1950s / edited by Gael Newton, National Gallery of Australia, ISBN 9780642334138, retrieved 25 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia
  4. ^ Reflections in a Glass Eye: Works from the International Center of Photography Collection, New York: Bulfinch Press in association with the International Center of Photography, 1999, p. 210.
  5. ^ Newhall, Beaumont (1937). Photography, 1839-1937. New York: MoMA. p. 6.
  6. ^ Trois siècles d'art aux États-Unis. Paris: Musée du Jeu de Paume. 1938. p. 87.
  7. ^ "In the Spotlight". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  8. ^ "Anton Bruehl - Search the Collection, National Gallery of Australia". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  9. ^ "Anton Bruehl, MoMA Collection". MoMA. Retrieved 25 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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