Robert Doisneau [SEP] date of death
Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau (; 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. In the 1930s he made photographs on the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism.
Doisneau is renowned for his 1950 image "Le baiser de l'hôtel de ville" ("Kiss by the Town Hall"), a photograph of a couple kissing on a busy Parisian street.
Doisneau was appointed a "Chevalier" (Knight) of
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- 1995 in art – Death of Harry Shoulberg, Nancy Graves, Daniel Robbins, Al Hansen
- 1994 in art – Death of Sam Francis, Robert Doisneau, Donald Judd, Clement Greenberg, Henry Geldzahler, Paul Delvaux
- 1993 in art – Death of Richard Diebenkorn, Hannah Wilke, Leonard Bocour, Robert De Niro, Sr.; Rachel Whiteread wins the Turner Prize
- 1992 in art – Death of Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Francis Bacon, David Wojnarowicz, Joan Mitchell, John Cage