Andre Steiner Mumm
ARTinvestment.RU   28 февраля 2014

In the Multimedia Art Museum opened a personal exhibition of one of the great masters of European avant-garde - Andre Steiner

Multimedia Art Museum
February 27 - April 20, 2014
ul. Ostozhenka , 16

In the Multimedia Art Museum opened a personal exhibition of one of the great masters of European avant-garde - Andre Steiner. His name and work are inextricably linked with the " new look » (L'oeil nouveau), along with Man Ray , Maurice Tabard , Andre Kertes , Germaine Krull , Brassai , etc. The central idea of ​​the "New look" - an innovative movement that arose in 1920 - years in Paris, was a desire to liberate the art of photography from all conventions and traditions. Photographers interested in the possibility of transforming the image, until the complete disappearance of the form , the effects of fragmentation and layering of images , the game with focus and shadows. Plastic , technical and aesthetic experiments Andre Steiner today are classics in this direction . Exhibition curator François Cheval , co-curator Audrey Hoarau . From the collection of Nicole Bazhole , the daughter of the photographer .

Andre Steiner considered himself primarily technician. His works are imbued with faith in science and its infinite possibilities. When creating abstract compositions , photo montages and even promotional photos , Steiner spent every time a kind research study accurately dosing visual effects .

Andre Steiner was born in Hungary in 1901, after the adoption of the country first anti-Semitic laws emigrated to Vienna, where he graduated from the Higher Polytechnic School and received a degree in electrical engineering . During his studies, he worked part time as an assistant to Josef Maria Eder , an experimental photographer and scientist , a pioneer in the use of X-ray pictures. Familiarity with Eder , enthusiastic application , instrumental aspects of photography and is based in Vienna, a Research Institute of Graphic Arts , has had an enormous influence in shaping the creative methods Steiner. In addition, as an assistant photographer Andre Steiner has at its disposal one of the first prototypes of the camera Leika. In Vienna, he met his future wife, Lily, who became his first and favorite model .

in 1928 the couple moved to Paris . The capital of France between the two world wars was a haven for many artists , was a crossroad of cultural life , a unique platform for discussions and artistic experimentation. Initially sitting engineer in the company "Alstom" , and then the studio Paramount , Steiner was fascinated by the creative atmosphere of the city , and finally decided to devote himself to photography .

In 1933 Andre Steiner received from the Ministry of Colonies first major order for a report from Morocco. He was fascinated by geometry and white old Casablanca , as well as relief Moroccans persons to whom it was coming very close lens . Reports had great success . Some pictures have been published in magazines and Voila Mieux-Vivre. A little later, customers Steiner joined Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.

In the artist's family reigned cult of sport and a healthy lifestyle. Steiner himself , his wife and daughter were fine athletes. In 1930 the magazine VU photographer regularly ordered a series of images on the theme of sport and dance. With excellent knowledge of anatomy , sensing capabilities of athletes and dancers , Steiner thought through in detail the composition of each frame , trying to express the perfection of the human body, its camera grasped the beauty of every movement , emphasizing the relief of each muscle model .

ANDRE STEINER Lily Steiner. 1935 Bromoserebryano gelatin print © Nicole Bajolet-Steiner Source : mamm-mdf.ru ​​

ANDRE STEINER Shooting for the motor show . 1935 Bromoserebryano gelatin print © Nicole Bajolet-Steiner Source : mamm-mdf.ru ​​

Like most photographers 1930 - ies , Andre Steiner himself to manage its funds , he was selling his work , he met with customers, equally enthusiastically working in various genres : fashion- photography, experimental photography , reportage . However, in the postwar years, Steiner devoted himself almost entirely applied photography , explored new opportunities for science and technology, thus expressing his admiration for science and scientific ways of knowing the world .

Source : press release Mumm