Bill Brandt (British, 1904 - 1983)

Bill Brandt

British | 1904 - 1983

Bill Brandt was a British photographer who was born in 1904. His work is currently being shown at Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Tate Britain have featured Bill Brandt's work in the past.Bill Brandt's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 15 USD to 265,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 265,000 USD for 'van gogh's room in the asylum of st. paul-de-mausole (st. rémy)', sold at Sotheby's New York in 2008. Bill Brandt has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Evening Standard and The Conversation. The most recent article is Between Modernism and Surrealism by Mona Kuhn written for All About Photo in March 2024. The artist died in 1983.

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Current Exhibitions

Past Exhibitions

Nightlife

Marlborough, New York
Chelsea | New York | USA
Mar 07,2024 - Apr 20,2024

Uncharted Streets

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
St. John's Wood | London | UK
Jan 17,2024 - Mar 08,2024

Articles

Between Modernism and Surrealism by Mona Kuhn
Exhibition at Centre Pompidou brings together two photographic collections
IWM Blavatnik Art, Film & Photography Galleries: The Power of the Image, from Warning to Weapon of War

Coverage

..Brandt’s work is unpredictable not only in the range of his subjects but also in his printing style, which varied widely throughout his career...

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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

.. Brandt's influence on the photography world started in the 1960's when he embarked on a journey to find a new visual language...

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Michael Hoppen Gallery

..Decade by decade, Brandt (1904 – 1983) moved toward evermore radical dualities of black and white, not just in his new photographs but also in his printing of older images...

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Akron Art Museum

..For Brandt, emotional truth took precedence over factual information...

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Akron Art Museum

..Toward the decade’s end, Brandt made factual, powerful images of workers and their families in England’s industrial north that are examples of social documentary photography at its finest...

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Akron Art Museum

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