Willy Ronis
Willy Ronis — the recorded working language is French. The authority associates the name with Le Groupe des XV and humanistic photography. Places of work recorded in the authority are Belleville. Employment is recorded with École des beaux-arts d'Avignon. Membership is recorded of Les 30 x 40. Work by Willy Ronis is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Photography Collection. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Lucie Award and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. Willy Ronis is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q536620. The register further records that willy Ronis died in 2009 at 20th arrondissement of Paris. Institutional cataloguing adds that willy Ronis is recorded with the citizenship of France. Institutional cataloguing adds that willy Ronis is recorded as photographer, university teacher and photojournalist.
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Identity and overview
The following is established of the heading itself.
Willy Ronis is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q536620. It is also recorded that willy Ronis is recorded with the citizenship of France.
Works and production
Catalogued output is recorded as follows.
Pont des Arts is dated ca. 1952 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 1999.453). Institutional cataloguing adds that open Library catalogues 20 works under this heading. It is also recorded that at the controls of the Chute de Strasbourg, a technician verifies the identity signals of twin boats to grant their passage. is dated 1965/75 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2019.1513). The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading.
The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Willy Ronis is dated 1991. Institutional cataloguing adds that ce jour-là is dated 2006. It is also recorded that la traversée de Belleville is dated 1990.
Mémoire textile is dated 2000. Nues is dated 2008.
Collections and holdings
Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this name. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading. The same evidence establishes that the Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading.
Reception and standing
The scholarly and documentary record stands as follows.
Willy Ronis is recorded as having received Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit and Lucie Award. Open Library catalogues 20 works under this name.
Sources and evidence
This entry is compiled from 13 catalogued sources across 9 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Internet Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Allen Institute for AI, DOAJ and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.
In detail
the recorded working language is French.
The authority associates the name with Le Groupe des XV and humanistic photography.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Belleville. Employment is recorded with École des beaux-arts d'Avignon. Membership is recorded of Les 30 x 40.
Work by Willy Ronis is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Tate, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Photography Collection.
Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Lucie Award and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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Open Library author record for Willy Ronis (Internet Archive), 20 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Perron Tangui , Rose Zehner & Willy Ronis. Naissance d’une image , Paris, Éd. de l’Atelier, 2022, 112 p., 16 €, 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Tangui Perron, Rose Zehner & Willy Ronis. Naissance d’une image , Les Éditions de l’Atelier/Les Éditions Ouvrières, Ivry sur Seine, 2022 112 p., Aden, 2023
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Willy Ronis en RDA. La vie avant tout , 1960-1967. Exposition et catalogue, Allemagne d'aujourd'hui, 2021
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Willy Ronis: dialogues photographiques et scripturaux, Çédille, 2025
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 5 articles naming Willy Ronis.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10085747-4, Ausstellung Willy Ronis (2004-2005 : Aachen u.a.).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Willy Ronis.
scholarly index · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Willy Ronis.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Willy Ronis (2 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“Willy Ronis”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q536620: Willy Ronis
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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