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Ida Kar

(1908-1974), Photographer

Sitter in 137 portraits
Artist associated with 1567 portraits
Photographer, born in Tambov, near Moscow. Kar was influenced by the Paris avant-garde whilst studying there in 1928 and subsequently established her photographic practice 'Idabel' in Cairo with her first husband, Edmond Belali, in 1933. She moved to London in 1945 with her second husband, the artist and critic Victor Musgrave. With the opening of Musgrave's Gallery One in D'Arblay Street, Soho, Kar photographed and exhibited Forty Artists from Paris and London (1954), however the height of her success was her well-received Whitechapel Gallery one-person show in 1960. Her most celebrated portraits document the bohemian social circle of artists and writers in which she moved.

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Ida Kar, by Suren Stepanian - NPG 6667

Ida Kar

by Suren Stepanian
pencil and ink, 1957
NPG 6667

Ida Kar, by J.S. Lewinski - NPG P1050

Ida Kar

by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print, July 1965
NPG P1050

Ida Kar and a friend, by Unknown photographer - NPG x129571

Ida Kar and a friend

by Unknown photographer
cream-toned postcard print, early 1920s
NPG x129571

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134076

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1933
NPG x134076

Ida Kar, by Unknown photographer - NPG x129570

Ida Kar

by Unknown photographer
cream-toned postcard print, 1934
NPG x129570

Edmond Belali; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134046

Edmond Belali; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1930s
NPG x134046

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134077

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1930s
NPG x134077

Ida Kar; Victor Musgrave, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134020

Ida Kar; Victor Musgrave

by Unknown photographer
vintage bromide print, 1943-1944
NPG x134020

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134033

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x134033

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134501

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x134501

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134502

Victor Musgrave; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1944
NPG x134502

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x88604

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, early 1950s
NPG x88604

Ida Kar, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134029

Ida Kar

by Unknown photographer
Agfa print, 1950s
NPG x134029

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134035

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1950s
NPG x134035

Ida Kar, possibly by Lynn Chadwick - NPG x134141

Ida Kar

possibly by Lynn Chadwick
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1954
NPG x134141

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x129573

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1955
NPG x129573

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x88605

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate glass negative, 1955
NPG x88605

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar, and by  Brian Robins - NPG x88606

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar, and by Brian Robins
quarter-plate glass negative, 1955
NPG x88606

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar, and by  Brian Robins - NPG x88607

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar, and by Brian Robins
quarter-plate glass negative, 1955
NPG x88607

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x133217

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print on card, 1955
On display in Room 29 on Floor 1 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x133217

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x129572

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1956
NPG x129572

Terry Taylor; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134086

Terry Taylor; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1956
NPG x134086

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar, after  Suren Stepanian - NPG x133340

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar, after Suren Stepanian
bromide print, 1957
NPG x133340

Ida Kar and friends, possibly by John Cox - NPG x134163

Ida Kar and friends

possibly by John Cox
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134163

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134211

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134211

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134503

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134503

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134504

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134504

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134505

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134505

Ida Kar, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134677

Ida Kar

by Unknown photographer
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134677

Ida Kar; John Cox, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134698

Ida Kar; John Cox

by Unknown photographer
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134698

Ida Kar; John Cox, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134699

Ida Kar; John Cox

by Unknown photographer
2 1/4 inch square film negative, late 1950s
NPG x134699

Ida Kar, by Galina Sanko - NPG x134090

Ida Kar

by Galina Sanko
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x134090

Ida Kar, by Galina Sanko - NPG x134089

Ida Kar

by Galina Sanko
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x134089

Ida Kar, by Galina Sanko - NPG x134091

Ida Kar

by Galina Sanko
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x134091

Ida Kar, by Galina Sanko - NPG x134092

Ida Kar

by Galina Sanko
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x134092

Ida Kar, by Galina Sanko - NPG x134093

Ida Kar

by Galina Sanko
vintage bromide print, 1958
NPG x134093

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134100

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 31 July 1959
NPG x134100

Boris Sergeevich Brunov; Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134157

Boris Sergeevich Brunov; Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1959
NPG x134157

Ida Kar; Victor Musgrave and two unknown sitters, by Unknown photographer - NPG x134506

Ida Kar; Victor Musgrave and two unknown sitters

by Unknown photographer
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1959
NPG x134506

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x201260

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square transparency, 1959
NPG x201260

Ida Kar at her Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition, by Mary Eagles - NPG x133327

Ida Kar at her Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition

by Mary Eagles
vintage bromide print, 1960
NPG x133327

Ida Kar at her Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition, by Mary Eagles - NPG x133328

Ida Kar at her Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibition

by Mary Eagles
vintage bromide print, 1960
NPG x133328

Ida Kar, by Unknown photographer - NPG x133341

Ida Kar

by Unknown photographer
colour Agfa print, circa 1960
NPG x133341

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134037

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1960s
NPG x134037

Ida Kar; Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler, possibly by John Cox - NPG x134050

Ida Kar; Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler

possibly by John Cox
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 27 June 1960
NPG x134050

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134098

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 27 June 1960
NPG x134098

Ida Kar, by Ida Kar - NPG x134507

Ida Kar

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 27 June 1960
NPG x134507

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