Edward Quinn
BIOGRAPHY
Selected Works
Elizabeth Taylor, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1957 Silver gelatin print 115x108cm
Photo by Edward Quinn
Edward Quinn (1920-1997) was born in Ireland. He lived and worked as a photographer from the 1950’s, on the Cote d’Azur, during the ‘golden fifties’ the playground of the celebrities from the world of showbiz, art and business. Quinn was at the right place at the right time, making spontaneous images which caught their charm, sophistication and chic. Amongst celebrities captured on film by Quinn were Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Georg Baselitz and many others. In 2017, Quinn had an extraordinary exhibition, “Picasso sans cliché”, at Musée Picasso Antibes, France. The exhibition presented 126 of Quinn’s photographs of Picasso enjoying affectionate moments with his family, socializing with friends, in everyday life and with favourite animals. Every facet of a life in which Picasso, driven by his constant creative appetite, never ceased exploring and questioning.
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Francis Bacon in his studio, London 1979 (I), Silver gelatin print 98x64cm

Elizabeth Taylor, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1957, Silver gelatin print 115x108cm

Jean Cocteau, Villa Santo Sospir 1952, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Francis Bacon in his house, London 1979, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Picasso and his dog pero, Cannes, 1961, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Picasso with Bullfight Mask, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1959, Silver gelatin print 127x96cm

Brigitte Bardot and Sacha Distel going to assist the wedding of jazz musician Moustache, Antibes 1958, 40x50cm, Also available: 82x113cm, Edition of 5

Brigitte Bardot during “Dieu Crea La Femme”, Nice 1956 Hahnemuhle Baryta FineArt Print, mounted, printed 2013, 120x85cm, Edition of 5, Also available: 40x50cm

Picasso at the door of his sculpture atelier, Le Fournas, Vallauris 1953, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Grace Kelly on the set of “To Catch a Thief”, Cannes 1954, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Picasso during the filming of “Le Mystère Picasso”, by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Studios de La Victorine, Nice 1955, Silver gelatin print 40x50cm

Picasso at the Bullfight, Vallauris 1955, Silver gelatin print 96.5x75cm

Picasso reading book on himself, Villa La Californie, Cannes 1961, Silver gelatin print 94x66cm

Picasso working in the “Chapelle de la Paix”, Vallauris 1953, Hahnemuhle Baryta FineArt Print 116x116cm, Edition of 3(+3AP’s)

Sophia Loren, Carlton Hotel, Cannes 1955, Silver gelatin print 94x94cm, Also available: 40x50cm

Alain Delon and Jane Fonda during the filming of “Les Félins” (“Love Cage”), Antibes 1964, Silver gelatin print 86x86cm, Also available: 40x50cm

Le Corbusier at his holiday hut, Roquebrune Cap Martin 1953, Hahnemuhle Baryta FineArt Print 118x114cm, Edition of 3

Francis Bacon in his studio, London 1979 (II), Silver gelatin print 98x64cm

Frank Sinatra, Monaco 1958, Silver gelatin print 60x50cm