Lucien Clergue (1934 - 2014)
1934-08-14Arles, France2014-11-15Nîmes, FranceFrance
Lucien Clergue
Lucien Clergue is a French photographer of black and white photography, the first photographer elected a member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.
Lucien Clergue is one of the most famous photographers in France and founder of the annual Arles Festival, which has become the main event in the world of artistic photography, attended by up to 100,000 people. His famous photographic works - modernist black and white studies of female nudes, harlequins, dead animals, gypsies and bullfighting - are considered exemplary of the photographer-artist. Clergue is also known for his friendship with Pablo Picasso, which lasted some 30 years, until the artist's death.
Date and place of birt: | 14 august 1934, Arles, France |
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Date and place of death: | 15 november 2014, Nîmes, France |
Nationality: | France |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Photographer |
Genre: | Animalistic, Candid photography, Genre art, Nude art, Portrait, Street Photography |
Art style: | Modern art, Black & white photo, Photorealism, Contemporary art |