This is why I am here—this passion to be an individual. But you have to buck the system at times."[1].

3 Jubilee Place • London • SW3 3TD+44 (0)20 7352 3649gallery@michaelhoppengallery.com, Mon-Fri: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm by appointment, Saturday: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm by appointment. Der Künstler Fernand FONSSAGRIVES (1910-2003) wurde im Jahr 1910 geboren Das älteste auf der Webseite registrierte Auktionsergebnis ist ein(e) fotografie verkauft im Jahr 1995 bei Sotheby's; das neueste ist ein(e) fotografie, verkauft im Jahr 2020. Contact Specialist Genevieve Janvrin Head of Photographs, Europe +44 20 7318 4092. Fernand Fonssagrives (June 8, 1910 – April 23, 2003), born near Paris, France, was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssagrives. Fernand Fonssagrives one of America’s foremost fashion photographers His most memorable work traces the unique partnership he had with his first wife, legendary model Lisa Fonssagrives, a former dancer who went on to marry Irving Penn. His most memorable work traces the unique partnership he had with his first wife, legendary model Lisa Fonssagrives, a former dancer who went on to marry Irving Penn. Signed by the photographer, variously annotated in an unidentified hand, all in pencil, LIFE PHOTO and various date stamps on the verso. The French-born Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) was a pioneer in "beauty" photography. His photographic works are represented in Europe by Michael Hoppen Photography (London) and in the United States by Bonni Benrubi (New York) and Duncan Miller Gallery (Santa Monica). Photographs. He moved to America aged 18 to continue his studies, and returned to Europe at 21 for military service. He moved to New York and became one of the world's premiere fashion photographers of the 1940s and 1950s, taking pictures for Vogue, Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar magazines. Once the highest paid photographers in the world, he was ambivalent about the acclaim he received in his chosen field, preferring to remain anonymous. He died in 2003 at Little Rock, Arkansas. 1930s Gelatin silver print. Biography. His father was the notable French sculptor Pierre Vigoureux [fr], whose sculptures for World War I war memorials are found throughout France and whose smaller works are held by museums including the Centre Pompidou. "It became," he said, "part of my body." Ihre Rechte und Pflichten auf unserem Kunstmarktplatz. A onetime dancer, he took up photography while recuperating from an injury, when his first wife, Lisa, gave him a Rolleiflex camera. Born in France, Fonssagrives first trained as a dancer, but after an injury he established himself as a photographer, selling photos (often of his wife, Lisa) to many European publications in the 1930s.