Axel Poignant b. 1906

  • Artist (Photographer)
Axel Poignant (1906-1986) is one of the most influential photographers of Australia’s new documentary movement and, in over five decades' work, proved himself a master of the photographic essay and documentary cinematography.
exhibited at
Axel Poignant, Photographer, The Formative Years 1929-1942
Date
5 February 2011 - 12 March 2011
Place
The Cross Art Projects, 8 Llankelly Place, Kings Cross, Sydney, 2011, Australia
Description

Biographic exhibition surveys this photographer’s formative years in Perth, Western Australia from July 1931 to the end of 1942.

Tags
The Cross Art Projects
Website
http://crossart.com.au/home/index.php/archive/118-axel-poignant-photographer-the-early-years-1929-1942
exhibited at
Axel Poignant
Date
1983
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

AGNSW touring exhibition.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Axel Poignant : photographs, 1922-1980. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982.
ISBN 072406561X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
Axel Poignant retrospective
Date
1983
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

Organised by the AGNSW. A major survey of this well known Australian photographer whose reputation was established as a chronicler of Australian life and especially of the Australian Aborigine.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG annual report; AGNSW annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Axel Poignant : photographs, 1922-1980. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982.
ISBN 072406561X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
Axel Piognant retrospective
Date
1982
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Organised by the AGNSW and toured to all states, 107 photographs from 1922 – 1980

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGSNW annual report & archive index cards

Exhibition Catalogue:
Axel Poignant : photographs, 1922-1980. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982.
ISBN 072406561X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
Axel Poignant: photographs 1922-1980: a retrospective exhibition
Date
1982
Place
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA
Description

AGNSW touring exhibition. This internationally acclaimed photographer, in his early work he covered Kalgoorlie, the Canning Stock Route and Central Australia.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGWA annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Axel Poignant : photographs, 1922-1980. Sydney : Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1982.
ISBN 072406561X

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
'6 Photographers'
Date
30 May 1955 - 6 June 1955
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

The six photographers were Gordon Andrews, Max Dupain, Kerry Dundas, Hal Missingham, Axel Poignant & David Potts.

Type
Exhibition