BIOGRAPHY HELMUT NEWTON

BORN
1920 in Berlin, Germany (as Helmut Neustädter)

DIED
2004 in Los Angeles, CA, USA.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009
“A Gun for Hire“, Fundación Caixa Galicia, LA Coruña, Spain.

2007
“Wanted“, Helmut Newton, Larry Clark, Ralph Gibson at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
“Helmut Newton XL“, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK.

2006
“Sex & Landscapes“, Palazzo Reale , Milan, Italy.
“Yellow Press“ / Playboy Projections, Guest Artist: Veruschka Self-Portraits, Performed by Vera Lehndorff, Photographed by Andreas Hubertus Ilse, at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
“Men, War & Peace”, Newton, Nachtwey, LaChapelle at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany.

2005
“A Gun for Hire“, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
“A Gun for Hire“, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany.

2004
“Sex & Landscapes / Yellow Press“, Retretti Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland.
“Helmut Newton“, Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
“Us & Them“ / “Sex & Landscapes“, Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin.
“Private Property“, Permanent Museum at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, Germany.

2003
“Sex & Landscapes“, Gallery Joshua Mann Pailet, New Orleans, USA.
Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria.
“Sex & Landscapes / Yellow Press“, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj, Denmark.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Aydan Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Schloss Bellevue, Berlin, Germany.
“Yellow Press“, Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan, Italy.
“Yellow Press“, Daniel Templon, Paris, France.
“Helmut Newton – Genuine Eyes“, Gallery Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.
“The Making of the Big Nudes“, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA, USA.
“The Making of the Big Nudes“, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK.

2002
“Sex & Landscapes“, Rupertinum Museum, Salzburg, Austria.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
“Sex & Landscapes“, The Mayor Gallery, London, UK.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Galleria Gió Marconi, Milan, Italy.
“Sex & Landscapes“, A Gallery, Joshua Mann Pailet, New Orleans, LA, USA..
“Yellow Press“, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Daimaru Museum, Tokyo & Osaka, Japan.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Photo Espana 2002, Madrid, Spain.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria.
“Sie Kommen“, Galerie Andres Baumgartl, Munich, Germany.

2001
“Sex & Landscapes“, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland.
“Sex & Landscapes“, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Barbican Centre, London, UK.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany.
“Helmut Newton Work“, I.C.P, New York, NY, USA.

2000
“Helmut Newton Work“, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“Helmut Newton Work“, Museum Ludwig, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany.

1999
“Architecture & Pornographie“, Gastello die Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
“Us and Them, Helmut Newton & Alice Springs. 50 Years together – Personal Photographs“, Center for Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden.
“Us and Them“, Kunsthalle, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
“Us and Them“, MEP, Paris, France.
“Us and Them“, Gallery Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy.

1998
“Visa pour l’image 67 new portraits“, Perpignan, France.
“Us and Them“, Nikolay, Copenhagen Fotomuseet O dense, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1997
“Helmut Newton Photographien“, Camera Work Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
“Helmut Newton in Sweden“, Hasselblad Foundation at the Goteborg Museum, Sweden.

1996
“Helmut Newton – Photography“, Navio Museum, Japan.
“Pulp Fiction (Ink Impressions on Paper)“, Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan.
“Helmut Newton“, Artforum Vilka Gallery, City of Thessaloniki, Greece.
“Fashion and Fantasy“, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA, USA.

1995
“Archives de Nuit“, Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
“Helmut Newton – Photography“, Odakyu Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
“Nude Works 1992 – 1995“, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK.

1994
“Helmut Newton aus dem photographischen Werk“, Josef-Albers-Museum, Bottrop, Germany.
“Helmut Newton aus dem photographischen Werk“, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland.
“Helmut Newton aus dem photographischen Werk“, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy.
“Archives de Nuit“, Centro Andaluz de la Fotographia, Almeria, Spain.
“Archives de Nuit“, Institut Français de Praque, Prague, Czech Republic.
“Mes Derniers Nus“, Galerie Robert Vallois, Paris, France.
“New Editions + Retrospective Prints“, Gallery Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan.

1993
“Helmut Newton aus dem photographischen Werk“, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany.
“Archives de Nuit“, Villa Medici (c/o Credit Foncier de France).
“(Fashion photographs – Acquisitions of Paris Audiovisuel)“, Centre Culturel Française de Rome, Rome, Italy.
“Helmut Newton“, Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan, Italy.

1992
“Archives de Nuit“, Exhibition sponsored by the Credit Foncier de France, Place Vendome,
Paris.
“Helmut Newton“, Goro International Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
“Naked & Dressed in Hollywood“, Pascal de Sarthe Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
   
1991
“Naked & Dressed“, Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK.
“Fashion Photography & Portraits“, Biennale de Lyon Museum of Modern Art, Bratislava,
Slowakia.

1990
“Fashion Photography & Portraits“, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan.
“New Images“, Hochschule für Graphik & Buchkunst, Leipzig, Germany.
“New Images“, Kunstforum Gallery, Vienna, Austria. 

1989
“New Images“, Carlsberg Glyptotek Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark.
“New Images“, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy.
“Fashion Photographs & Portraits“, Fukuoka, Japan.
“Helmut Newton in Moscow“, Puschkin Museum & Perwaia Galeria, Moscow, Russia.
“Helmut Newton, Neuvas Imagenes“, Funcacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain.
“Fashion Photographs & Portraits“, Seibu Art Museum, Funabashi, Japan.
“Fashion Photographs & Portraits“, Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

1988
“Portraits Retrospective“, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.
“Nouvelles Images“,  Espace Potographique de Paris Audiovisuel, Paris, France.
“New Nudes“, Hamilton Gallery, London, UK.
“New Nudes“, Galerie Reckermann, Cologne, Germany.
“Retrospective“, Berlinische Galerie, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany.
“Retrospective“, Forum Bottcherstrasse, Bremen, Germany.
“Retrospective“, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienne, Austria.

1987
“Retrospective“, Musee de Groningue, Groningue, Netherlands.
“Retrospective“, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
“Nue inedits“, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.

1986
“Retrospective“, Foto Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
“Retrospective“, Palais de l'Europe, Menton, France.

1985
“Retrospective“, Galerie Artis, Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
“Retrospective“, Museo della automobile, Turin, Italy.
“New Work“, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

1984
“Retrospective“, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France.
“Private Property“, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
“47 Nudes“, Museo Palazzo Fortuny, Venise, Italy.
“47 Nudes“, Musée Cheret, Nice, France.

1983
“47 Nudes“, Olympus Gallery, London, UK.
“Big Nudes“, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gallery Asher-Faure, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

1982
Galerie Photokina, Cologne, Germany.
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany.
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
Galerie Denise Rene - Hans Meyer, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Studio Marconi, Milan, Italy.

1981
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.

1980
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

1979
American Center, Paris, France.

1978
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, USA.

1976
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Photographers'a Gallery, London, UK.

1975
Galerie Nikon, Paris, France.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2002
“Aktphotographien“, Galerie Baumgartl, Munich, Germany.

1998
“Josef Trcka, Edward Weston, Helmut Newton“, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany.

1995
Palazzo Grassi, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy.

1993
“Vanites“, Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris, France.
“Regard d'artistes sur la Femme“, Hotel de la Monnaie, Paris, France.

1991
“Appearances“, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.

1989
Kunstforum Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
Ministry of Culture of the USSR, Moscow, Russia.
“The Art of Photography“, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA.

1988
“Splendeurs et mis!ères du corps“, Fribourg (Triennale), Switzerland.
“The Art of Photography“, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK.
“Splendeurs et misères du corps“, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France.
“Splenurs et miséres du corpsde“, Musée de la Mode, Paris, France.

1986
“La femme sur la plage“, Palais de l'Europe, Menton, France.

1985
“Shots of Style“, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.

1982
“50 Années de photographie de Vogue“, Musée Jacquemart-Andre, Paris, France.
“50 Années de photographie de Vogue“, Photokina, Cologne, Germany.

1981
“Hans Bellmer, Helmut Newton, Alice Springs“, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
“Aspects of Art today, 1970 – 1980“, Musee Rath, Geneva, Switzerland.

1980
“Instantanes“, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
“20/24 Polaroid“, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France.

1979
“French Fashion“, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris, France.

1978
“Fashion Photography“, Galerie Photokina, Cologne, Germany.

1977
“The History of Photography“, International Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York, NY,
USA.

1975
“Fashion Photography, Six Decades“, Emily Lowe Gallery, New York, USA.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (incomplete list):

American Friends of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Berlinische Galerie, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany.
Brandels University, Waltham, MA, USA.
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
Chamber Opera Theatre, New York, NY, USA.
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA.
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA.
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, USA.
Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France.
House for German History, Berlin, Germany.
Michigan State University, East Lasing, MI, USA.
Michigan University, Dearborn, MI, USA.
Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France.
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Jules Cheret, Nice, France.
Musée Departemental des Vosques, Epinal, France.
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK.
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, USA.
Paris Audiovisuel, Ville de Paris, France.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA, USA.
State University of New York at Albany, New York, NY, USA.
University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK.


AWARDS

2000
I.C.P. Infinity Award Publication "SUMO" book.
Appointed "Commandeur du Mérite Culturel" by H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover.

1999
The 1999 Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for magazine Photography LIFE Legend Award
(lifetime achievement award).

1996
Is appointed "Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by Philippe Douste-Blazy,
the French Minister of Culture.

1992
Is awarded by the German Government "Das Grosse Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens
der Bundesrepublik Deutschland".
Appointed "Chevalier des Arts, Lettres et Sciences" by S.A.S. Princesse Caroline of Monaco.

1991
World Image Award for Best Portrait Photography, New York.

1990
Is awarded the "Grand Prix National for Photography" by Jack Lang, French Minister of
Culture.

1989
Is awarded the "Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris" by Jacques Chirac.
Receives the "Photographers Award for outstanding achievements and Contributions of Photography during the 1960's and 70's from the Photographic Society of Japan.
Appointed "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" by Jack Lang the French Minister of Culture.
1978/79
Gold Medal for the best press photography from the "Art Directors Club" in West Germany.

1977/78
Award for his book "White Women" from the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

1976
First solo exhibition at the Nikon Gallery, Paris, 1975. Award for the best picture from the "Art
Directors Club" in Tokyo, Japan.


FILMS ON HELMUT NEWTON

1978
"Helmut Newton", Television Documentary by Michael White, Thames Television, London,
Duration: 55 minutes.

1988
"Frames from the Edge", Television Documentary by Adrian Maben, R.M. Production, In video
cassette form, Editions U.S. and Spain, In preparation: French, German, Duration: 90 minutes.

1992
"The Originals", Television Documentary by Sleeping Giant Productions, Duration: 25 minutes.

1995
"Helmut by June", Television Documentary by June Newton for Canal Plus, International and French versions, Duration: 58 minutes.