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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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Peggy Guggenheim, by Ida Kar - NPG x199968

Peggy Guggenheim

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1952-1953
NPG x199968

Professor Nixon, by Ida Kar - NPG x129541

Professor Nixon

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129541

Professor Nixon, by Ida Kar - NPG x129542

Professor Nixon

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129542

Professor Nixon, by Ida Kar - NPG x129543

Professor Nixon

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129543

Richard Lannoy, by Ida Kar - NPG x131127

Richard Lannoy

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953-1954
NPG x131127

Richard Lannoy, by Ida Kar - NPG x131128

Richard Lannoy

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953-1954
NPG x131128

Mai Zetterling, by Ida Kar - NPG x132120

Mai Zetterling

by Ida Kar
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132120

Stanislas Lelio, by Ida Kar - NPG x132566

Stanislas Lelio

by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x132566

John Christoforou, by Ida Kar - NPG x134079

John Christoforou

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134079

John Christoforou, by Ida Kar - NPG x134080

John Christoforou

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134080

Victor Musgrave, by Ida Kar - NPG x134487

Victor Musgrave

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, mid 1950s
NPG x134487

Victor Musgrave, by Ida Kar - NPG x134488

Victor Musgrave

by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, mid 1950s
NPG x134488

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134800

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134800

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134801

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134801

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134802

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134802

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134803

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134803

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134804

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134804

Sylvia Syms, by Ida Kar - NPG x134805

Sylvia Syms

by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134805

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