Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer, 1908-74

"A new exhibition of portraits by the twentieth-century pioneering photographer Ida Kar opens at the National Portrait Gallery in March.

The exhibition highlights the crucial role played by this key woman photographer at the heart of the creative avant-garde.

With striking portraits of artists such as Henry Moore, Georges Braque, Gino Severini and Bridget Riley, and writers such as Iris Murdoch and Jean-Paul Sartre, this exhibition offers a fascinating insight into the cultural life of post-war Britain and an opportunity to see iconic works, as well as 100 photographs not previously exhibited."
And another exhibition I wish I could see! Of the ones included in the slideshow, the actress Sylvia Syms--misspelled as Symsby--is the most striking:

Sylvia Symsby by Ida Kar, 1950s vintage bromide print National Portrait Gallery, London

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