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Hoppé Portraits: Society, Studio and Street

Event Details

Time: February 17, 2011 to May 30, 2011
Location: Wolfson Gallery, National Portrait Gallery
Street: St Martin's Place
City/Town: London WC2H 0HE
Website or Map: http://www.npg.org.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 20 7306 0055
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: National Portrait Gallery
Latest Activity: Dec 29, 2010

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Event Description

E.O. Hoppé (14 April 1878 – 9 December 1972, German-born British) is one of the most important photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. Celebrated during his lifetime, much of Hoppé's work has only recently been reassembled and this major survey will enable visitors to discover this forgotten master.

The exhibition brings together Hoppé's strikingly modernist portraits of important personalities including George Bernard Shaw, Margot Fonteyn and Vita Sackville-West and his fascinating photojournalist studies,which capture the realities of day-to-day life in Britain between the wars.

Photo: Tilly Losch by E.O. Hoppé, 1928
© 2010 Curatorial Assistance, Inc.
E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection