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Exhibition - Herbert List: From Form to Photojournalism 

Herbert List 

Magnum Print Room Exhibition from 18 March to 30 April 2015

Born into a merchant family in Germany in 1903, after completing his education, and with the rise of power of the Nazis, Herbert List left Germany in the 1930s. He embarked on extensive travels through Greece and Italy, stopping in London and Paris in a search for his language of form between New Objectivity and Surrealism. Immersed in the classical architecture of Athens and the surrealists’ paintings of De Chirico and Max Ernst, List tenaciously produced works focused on form and composition. He used the Mediterranean light to transform... 

Herbert List 1950

ITALY. Rome. Termini station. 1950. There are still a few cars... 

Herbert List 1932

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1932. Crack and Shadow.

S-GE-HAM-001 

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1930.

A-GE-HAM-002 

Herbert List 1932

GERMANY. 1932. 

Herbert List 1936

GREAT-BRITAIN. London. 1936. Ashtray.

Herbert List 1938

GREECE. Ionian island of Corfu. 1938. Octopus. 

Herbert List 1937

GREECE. Cyclades. Santorini (Santorin) Island. 1937. Goldfish... 

Herbert List 1952

ITALY. Campania. Island of Ischia. 1952. Moving Eggs on Plate.... 

Herbert List 1936

SWITZERLAND. Lake Lucerne (Lac des Quatre-Cantons). 1936. 

Herbert List 1933

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. 1933. "Le Couple".

Herbert List 1952

GREECE. Attica. Sounion. 1952. Taverna below the Poseidon Temple.... 

Herbert List 1951

ITALY. Sicily. 1951. Favignana. Tonnara. Tuna catch.
T-IT-FAV-002... 

Herbert List 1930

GERMANY. Picnic by the Baltic. 1930. 

Herbert List 1959

Italy. 1953. 

Herbert List 1936

GREAT BRITAIN. England. London. Hyde Park. 1936. 

Herbert List 1934

TUNISIA. Hammamet. "Amor II". 1934.

J-TU-HAM-004B 

Herbert List 1937

SWITZERLAND. 1937.
J-CH-VIE-001 

Herbert List 1936

ITALY. Liguria. 1936. "Good friends".

J-IT-LIG-001 

Herbert List 1933

GERMANY. At the Baltic Sea. 1933. Wrestling boys.
J-GE-OST-011... 

Herbert List 1937

Alexander Iolas, dancer I, Beaumont-sur-l'Oise, 1937
J-FR-IOL-003
Iolas... 

Herbert List 1932

GERMANY. Hamburg. 1932. Young man behind a curtain.

J-GE-HAM-016... 

Herbert List 1937

SWITZERLAND. Lake Lucerne. 1937. Friends fishing.

J-CH-VIE-004... 

Herbert List 1934

GERMANY. North Sea. 1934. Running into the sea.
J-GE-NOR-002 

Herbert List 1939

GREECE. Peloponnese. Phaleron. 1939. "Thirst". 

Herbert List 1951

SPAIN. Torremolinos. 1951. Young men under a reed roof.
SPANIEN.... 

Herbert List 1950

GERMANY. Munich. St Heinrich. 1950. Cooling off.
J-GE-MUC-024... 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Venice. 1953. "Reflections of St. Marco".

A-IT-VEN-007... 

Herbert List 1957

HAITI. 1957. Women on their way home. 

Herbert List 1958

MEXICO. Totanico. 1958. Mexican peasant in adoration at a church.

M-MX-TOT-001... 

Herbert List 1959

M-IT-NAP-300 001 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. ROME. TRASTEVERE. Shadows of Houses. 1953.
M-IT-TRA-052... 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. 1953. Dance of the Dresses.
M-IT-TRA-055
Herbert... 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. 1953. Trastevere. Little Garribaldi.
A boy with... 

Herbert List 1949

ITALY. Rome. Capitol Hill. 1949. "Different Directions". Via... 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. 1953. View From a Window: Playing With a Tire. 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. Trastevere. Proud Father - Le Corna.
M-IT-TRA-005... 

Herbert List 1959

ITALY. Sicily. Palermo. Soccer in the Street. 1950. 

Herbert List 1956

GERMANY. Munich. 1956. Velodrome at the Oktoberfest. 

Herbert List 1959

ITALY. Naples. 1959. 

Herbert List 1953

ITALY. Rome. Trastevere. 1952-1953. 

Herbert List 1958

GERMANY. Bavaria. 1958. Couple at Lake Ammersee.

J-GE-AMM-001... 
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Herbert List 1949

ITALY. Rome. Steps to Santa Maria Aracoeli Church. 1949. 
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