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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
André Steiner, born in Hungary into a Jewish family, had qualified at university as an engineer, before moving to Vienna.
André Steiner, born in Hungary into a Jewish family, and qualified at university as an engineer, after the end of World War I and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary at age 17, he chose exile in Vienna, Austria.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190846013 |title=Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |others=Lynne Warren |isbn=978-0-203-94338-0 |location=New York |pages=1489 |oclc=190846013}}</ref>


== Photographer ==
== Photographer ==
Eight years later, in 1927 with his wife Lily, Steiner moved to Paris and became a photographer.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318646773 |title=Paris, capitale photographique 1920-1940 : collection Christian Bouqueret. |date=2009 |publisher=Jeu de paume |others=Michaël. Houlette, Marta Ponsa, Musée du jeu de paume |isbn=978-2-7324-3882-5 |location=Paris |oclc=318646773}}</ref> He preferred to work alone rather than join the considerable Hungarian photographic community in Paris which included [[André Kertész]], [[Brassaï]], [[Robert Capa]], [[Nora Dumas]], [[Ergy Landau]], [[Ervin Marton]], [[Emeric Feher|Émeric Fehér]], [[Lucien Hervé]], [[Rogi André]], Rosie Rey and others lesser known.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Au Revoir! Magyar származású fotográfusok Franciaországban |url=https://www.varmuzeum.hu/au-revoir.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=BTM VÁRMÚZEUM |language=hu}}</ref> HIs technical background in engineering influenced his precise and perfectionist photography.<ref>{{Cite web |title=musée Nicéphore Niépce - André Steiner |url=https://www.museeniepce.com/index.php?/exposition/passees-2010-2013/Andre-Steiner |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.museeniepce.com}}</ref> An interest in the cult of the body<ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Laromiguiere |first=René |last2=Steiner |first2=André |date=November 1934 |title=Jeux |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=36–41}}</ref> resulted in his nude studies, most often in collaboration with Lily, until their separation in 1938. He was a contributor to ''Art et Médecine'' during 1932–1937, firstly of photographs of flowers in the snow,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steiner |first=André |date=January 1932 |title=Fleurs de Neige |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=26–31}}</ref> summer beaches in 1935, for a feature entitled 'Femmes' a picture of Lily breast-feeding their child,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steiner |first=André |date=December 1935 |title=Femmes |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=9}}</ref> and such subjects as architecture, cloud studies, aviation and ice hockey.
Eight years later, in 1927 with his wife Lily, Steiner moved to Paris and became a photographer.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318646773 |title=Paris, capitale photographique 1920-1940 : collection Christian Bouqueret. |date=2009 |publisher=Jeu de paume |others=Michaël. Houlette, Marta Ponsa, Musée du jeu de paume |isbn=978-2-7324-3882-5 |location=Paris |oclc=318646773}}</ref> He preferred to work alone rather than join the considerable Hungarian photographic community in Paris which included [[André Kertész]], [[Brassaï]], [[Robert Capa]], [[Nora Dumas]], [[Ergy Landau]], [[Ervin Marton]], [[Emeric Feher|Émeric Fehér]], [[Lucien Hervé]], [[Rogi André]], Rosie Rey and others lesser known.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Au Revoir! Magyar származású fotográfusok Franciaországban |url=https://www.varmuzeum.hu/au-revoir.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=BTM VÁRMÚZEUM |language=hu}}</ref> However Warren points out that he and Kertesz both "experimented with distortion techniques to create startling images of human flesh."<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/190846013 |title=Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography |date=2006 |publisher=Routledge |others=Lynne Warren |isbn=978-0-203-94338-0 |location=New York |pages=1174 |oclc=190846013}}</ref> HIs technical background in engineering influenced his precise and perfectionist photography.<ref>{{Cite web |title=musée Nicéphore Niépce - André Steiner |url=https://www.museeniepce.com/index.php?/exposition/passees-2010-2013/Andre-Steiner |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.museeniepce.com}}</ref> An interest in the cult of the body<ref>{{Cite journal |last=de Laromiguiere |first=René |last2=Steiner |first2=André |date=November 1934 |title=Jeux |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=36–41}}</ref> resulted in his nude studies, most often in collaboration with Lily, until their separation in 1938. He was a contributor to ''Art et Médecine'' during 1932–1937, firstly of photographs of flowers in the snow,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steiner |first=André |date=January 1932 |title=Fleurs de Neige |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=26–31}}</ref> summer beaches in 1935, for a feature entitled 'Femmes' a picture of Lily breast-feeding their child,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Steiner |first=André |date=December 1935 |title=Femmes |journal=Art et Médecine |pages=9}}</ref> and such subjects as architecture, cloud studies, aviation and ice hockey.


== Exhibitions ==
== Exhibitions ==

Revision as of 22:39, 15 April 2023

André Steiner (9 December 1901, Miháld, Austria-Hungary–29 September 1978, Paris, France) was a French photographer.

Early life

André Steiner, born in Hungary into a Jewish family, and qualified at university as an engineer, after the end of World War I and the proclamation of the Republic of Hungary at age 17, he chose exile in Vienna, Austria.[1]

Photographer

Eight years later, in 1927 with his wife Lily, Steiner moved to Paris and became a photographer.[2] He preferred to work alone rather than join the considerable Hungarian photographic community in Paris which included André Kertész, Brassaï, Robert Capa, Nora Dumas, Ergy Landau, Ervin Marton, Émeric Fehér, Lucien Hervé, Rogi André, Rosie Rey and others lesser known.[3] However Warren points out that he and Kertesz both "experimented with distortion techniques to create startling images of human flesh."[4] HIs technical background in engineering influenced his precise and perfectionist photography.[5] An interest in the cult of the body[6] resulted in his nude studies, most often in collaboration with Lily, until their separation in 1938. He was a contributor to Art et Médecine during 1932–1937, firstly of photographs of flowers in the snow,[7] summer beaches in 1935, for a feature entitled 'Femmes' a picture of Lily breast-feeding their child,[8] and such subjects as architecture, cloud studies, aviation and ice hockey.

Exhibitions

  • 2014, 27 February–20 April: Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow[9]
  • 2019, 13 April–15 June: La Bascule Du Regard. Les Douches La Galerie, Paris
  • 2018, 26 April–27 July: A Luta Continua. The Sylvio Perlstein Collection. Hauser & Wirth, Chelsea, New York
  • 2019, 28 November–24 December: Christmas Selection. Les Douches La Galerie, Paris
  • 2019–2020, 4 October–4 January: AU REVOIR! Magyar származású fotográfusok Franciaországban ('Au revoir! Photographers of Hungarian Heritage in France'). Castle Museum – Budapest History Museum, Budapest[3]
  • 2020, 24 January–14 March: Les Choses de la Vie, Les Douches La Galerie, Paris
  • 2021, 11 March–31 July: In Praise of the Hand, Les Douches La Galerie, Paris
  • 2022, 18 February–30 April: Bordering the Real: Surrealist Photographs. Les Douches La Galerie, Paris

Collections

Bibliography

  • André Steiner, "What we haven't finished loving", texts by François Cheval and Arnaud Cathrine, 100 black and white photographs, ISBN 978 -2-916073-71-2
  • Christian Bouqueret, André Steiner: the curious man, Sainte-Croix museum, Marval, 1999
  • A.-H. Martinie, Rodin, photographs of sculptures by André Steiner, Braun & Cie, 1948

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography. Lynne Warren. New York: Routledge. 2006. p. 1489. ISBN 978-0-203-94338-0. OCLC 190846013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Paris, capitale photographique 1920-1940 : collection Christian Bouqueret. Michaël. Houlette, Marta Ponsa, Musée du jeu de paume. Paris: Jeu de paume. 2009. ISBN 978-2-7324-3882-5. OCLC 318646773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b "Au Revoir! Magyar származású fotográfusok Franciaországban". BTM VÁRMÚZEUM (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. ^ Encyclopedia of twentieth-century photography. Lynne Warren. New York: Routledge. 2006. p. 1174. ISBN 978-0-203-94338-0. OCLC 190846013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "musée Nicéphore Niépce - André Steiner". www.museeniepce.com. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  6. ^ de Laromiguiere, René; Steiner, André (November 1934). "Jeux". Art et Médecine: 36–41.
  7. ^ Steiner, André (January 1932). "Fleurs de Neige". Art et Médecine: 26–31.
  8. ^ Steiner, André (December 1935). "Femmes". Art et Médecine: 9.
  9. ^ "Exhibitions: André Steiner. Photographs (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow)". Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  10. ^ "André Steiner (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)". The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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