Louis Stettner Subway New York 1946 Printed, circa 1990

Print size 15.5 x 15.9/16

Louis Stettner (November 7, 1922 – October 13, 2016) was an American photographer of the 20th century whose work included street scapes, portraits and architectural images of New York and Paris. His work has been highly regarded because of its humanity and capturing the life and reality of the people and streets. Starting in 1947, Stettner photographed the changes in the people, culture, and architecture of both cities. He continued to photograph New York and Paris up until his death.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover
Akron Art Museum, Akron
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Des Moines Art Center
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Brooklyn
Foundation d’enterprise Hermès, Paris
The Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Collection
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY
International Center of Photography, New York
The Jewish Museum, New York
The Jewish Museum, Berlin
The Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington DC
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Microsoft Art Collection, Seattle
Montana Museum of Art & Culture
Musée de l’Élysée, Laussane
Musée de l’Élysée, Paris
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum Folkwang, Essen Germany
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Merrill Lynch Art Collection, New York
The New York Public Library, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Tate Modern, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University Art Gallery

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2019

Louis Stettner: Photographs, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA*
A Day To Remember, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp-Belgium*

2018

Traveling Light, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA*
Color Photography, Tibor de Nagy, NY*

2016

Ici Ailleurs, Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France*

2012

Retrospective, Bibliothèque National de France, Paris, France*
The First Ninety Years, Johanne Breede Gallery, Berlin, Germany*

2009

Paris // New York, Base sous-marine, Bordeaux, France*
Louis Stettner: Trésor des Rue, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY*

2007

Louis Stettner: Photographiesé – Peintures – Sculptures, La Galerie du Saint – James, Bouliac, France*

2006

Full House: Views of the Whitney’s Collection at 75, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
20/30 Vision: An Anniversary Celebration, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
Louis Stettner, Camera Work Gallery, Berlin, Germany*
Streetwise: 1947-2006, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY*
Many Hands: Representation of Railroad Workers, New York Transit Museum, New York, NY

2004

Water Water Everywhere, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY

2003

Les Choix d’Henri Cartier Bresson, Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson, Paris, France
Women: A Celebration, Orange County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2002

Unseen Stettner: 1946-2002, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY*
What’s New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Visions From America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.