Ida Kar
(1908-1974), PhotographerSitter 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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Aileen Mindel ('Minda') Bronfman de Gunzburg, Baroness Gunzburg with her bust by Sir Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1952
NPG x136762
Jacob Epstein; Aileen Mindel ('Minda') Bronfman de Gunzburg, Baroness Gunzburg
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1952
NPG x136763
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1952-1953
NPG x199968
Peggy Guggenheim; Raoul Gregorich
by Ida Kar
vintage contact sheet, 1952-1953
NPG x88811
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x14355
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x125096
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x125098
by Ida Kar
chlorobromide print, 1952
NPG x125099
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129541
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129542
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x129543
(Amy) Gwen Mond (née Wilson), Lady Melchett with her bust by Sir Jacob Epstein
by Ida Kar
cream-toned bromide print, 1953
NPG x129569
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953-1954
NPG x131127
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953-1954
NPG x131128
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x131164
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x13796
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132119
by Ida Kar
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132120
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132121
Kathleen Esther (née Garman), Lady Epstein
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, circa 1953
NPG x132285
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132490
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x132491
Irena Kunicka with two assistants
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x132531
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x132566
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x88601
Noel Evelyn (née Hughes), Lady Norton
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x132788
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x133283
Jacob Epstein with Bertrand Russell
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x133292
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134079
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134080
Bernard Kops; Erica Kops (née Gordon) and an unknown man
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, mid 1950s
NPG x134097
Jacob Epstein's studio (including sculptures Social Consciousnes and Ecce Homo)
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x134333
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, mid 1950s
NPG x134487
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, mid 1950s
NPG x134488
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134800
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134801
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134802
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134803
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134804
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1953
NPG x134805
Related People
- Edmond Belali (husband)
- Anahit Karamian (mother)
- Melkon Karamian (father)
- Victor Musgrave (husband)
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