Victoire! Marseille, 8 mai 1945

by Julia Pirotte

Artist Julia Pirotte (Polen, 1907 - 2000)

Alternate Title

Victory! Marseille, 8 May 1945
Fred i Marseille, den 8 maj 1945

Date1945

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsBildmått: 20,5 × 27,2 cm Passepartout: 40 × 50 cm

ClassificationPhotography

Credit LineDonation 1982 from the artist

Countries

Poland, Frankrike

On view

Stockholm

RoomStudy Gallery 08: Screen 20

Object NumberFM 1982 017 005

About the artworkJulia Pirotte was born in Konskowola, a small Jewish town in Poland. She grew up in a nation racked by unrest. In the 1930s, she went to Belgium to study to be a journalist, and also studied photography there. When Germany attacked Belgium, she moved to Marseille, where she established herself as a photographer. The pictures she took there during the rebellion in 1944 have been used widely by news agencies and provide crucial documentation of the liberation of France in the Second World War. Pirotte’s images capture not only the resistance but also the arrival of the allies and the exhumations of those who died in the struggles.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i kulspets på fotografiets baksida, Titel i blyerts på fotografiets baksida, Copyrightstämpel på fotografiets baksida Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

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