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Ida Kar

1908–1974

Photograph of Jacob Epstein working on a bust of Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell [1953]
© National Portrait Gallery, London

Biography

Ida Kar (8 April 1908 – 24 December 1974) was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945. She took many black-and-white portraits of artists and writers. Her solo show of photographs at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 was the first of its kind to be held in a major public gallery in London. Kar thus made a significant contribution to the recognition of photography as a form of fine art.

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  • Two photographs of Jacob Epstein with a dog

    Ida Kar
    date not known
  • Photograph of Jacob Epstein working on a bust of Anna Neagle

    Ida Kar
    [1953]
  • Photograph of Jacob Epstein working on a bust of Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell

    Ida Kar
    [1953]
  • Photograph of Jacob Epstein and Kathleen Garman

    Ida Kar
    date not known
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