The Edward Quinn Archive

Best of Painters

Edward Quinn lived and worked in the ‘50s and ‘60s as a photographer on the Côte d’Azur, which was a playground for celebrities from the world of show biz, art and business during the “Golden Fifties”. 

Here you will find a selection of top photos of painters. A selection of typical photos on the subject. Other photos of painters you will find here.

  • Francis Bacon at his Reece Mews home in London 1978. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon at his Reece Mews studio. London 1978. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon is part of triptych with self-portraits at his Reece Mews studio in London 1980. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon with the painting "Carcass of Meat and Bird of Prey" at his Reece Mews studio in London 1980. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon and John Edwards at Bacon's Reece Mews studio. London 1980. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon at Marlborough Fine Art London 1981. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon at his London studio in 1980. It was removed in 1998 and relocated with all its contents at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Francis Bacon at his Reece Mews studio. London 1980. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Italian painter Manfredi Borsi with "Poèmes et lithographies", Bloch.I:615, at a private viewing of Picasso's book illustrations in the Matarasso gallery in Nice. "Picasso. Un Demi-Siècle de Livres Illustrés". Galerie H. Matarasso. December 21 - January 31. Nice 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Bernard Buffet at a Corrida in Arles 1960. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alexander Calder at Hans Hartung's house. Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alexander Calder presents one of his mobiles during a visit to art dealer Aimé Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Massimo Campigli at his studio in Saint-Tropez 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Marc Chagall at the Chagall painting exhibition. Nice, February 1952. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Marc Chagall at his home. Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean Cocteau with his mosaic at Villa Santo Sospir. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1952. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean Cocteau working on the mural of the Chapelle Saint Pierre. Villefranche-sur-Mer 1956. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean Cocteau, making a drawing for the 6th Cannes Film Festival. Cannes 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean Cocteau on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) at the small restaurant L'Etoile de Mer next to his vacation cabin Le Cabanon. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 1953. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Salvador Dalí poses at his studio with his ink drawing of a Madonna and her child and the painting "Cosmic Madonna", finished in 1958. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués, 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Salvador Dalí shows the set up from which he hopes to obtain the painting, a sea urchin is placed on an overturned inkwell glass and in its mouth, the"Aristotle's lantern", which has the movements of a human hand) he puts a swan’s feather or here a light dried up flower. The object is allowed to slightly touch a sheet of blackened paper. The movements then made by the sea urchin are traced on the paper. At Salvador Dalí's house, Portlligat, Cadaqués 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean Dubuffet with his painting "Pendule IV (Flamboiement de l'heure)" at his studio in Vence 1966. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Max Ernst working on the painting "Schwalbennest" ("Un nid d'hirondelle", "A Swallow's Nest") 1966. Seillans 1966. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in the gardens of her house at Seillans 1966. He holds the painting Schmetterling-Steuerzahler (papillon contribuable), for which he has used a piece of wallpaper, a flybat and a note from the income tax officer concerning his income tax return. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Max Ernst at his studio in Paris 1974. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alberto Giacometti in the room with his sculptures. Inauguration of the Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Richard Hamilton, "Inventor of Pop Art" at his studio. London 1977. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Hans Hartung at work at his apartment, Promenade des Anglais, Nice 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • David Hockney working on the drawing "Carlos" at his studio in Paris 1975. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • David Hockney in the mirror – as in the painting "My parents and myself", Paris 1975. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • David Hockney working on "Self portrait with blue guitar". London 1977. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • David Hockney at his studio, London 1977. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jasper Johns at his studio in New York 1982. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Louis le Brocquy and his wife Anne Madden le Brocquy at their studio with painting "Laussel Venus". Carros 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Louis le Brocquy at his studio. Carros 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Argentine kinetic and Op artist Julio Le Parc behind one of his works at the Gallery Denise René rive gauche. Exhibition "L’idée et la matière", Paris 1974. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Raymond Loewy (1893-1986.), nicknames "The Man Who Shaped America", "The Father of Streamlining" and "The Father of Industrial Design". Designer of Pennsylvania Railroad's S1 steam locomotive, Coca Cola bottle, Greyhound bus, Studebaker Avanti and Champion, space suits for NASA, Air Force One livery, Lucky Strike package etc. Cap d’Antibes 1952. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Richard Paul Lohse, one of the main representatives of the concrete and constructive art movements, 1975 at his studio in Zurich. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alberto Magnelli at his studio La Ferrage, Plan-de-Grasse 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Alberto Magnelli at his studio La Ferrage, Plan-de-Grasse 1957. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Henri Matisse 1953. in front of the Foyer Lacordaire beside the Rosaire Chapel of the Dominican convent in Vence. He designed all the religious motifs and stained glass windows of the chapel. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Joan Miró in the gardens of Musée Maeght. In the background the sculpture "L'Arc" ("The Arch"). Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Joan Miró in the gardens of Musée Maeght in front of a small pool with his sculpture "Oeuf cosmique". Saint-Paul-de-Vence 1964. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Raymond Moretti. Not identified lady. Nice 1962. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Amédée Ozenfant. Cannes 1961. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Sir Roland Penrose. London 1977. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Edouard Pignon. Vallauris 1960. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan artist working in the fields of Op-art and kinetic art, a sculptor and a painter. Paris 1974. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • British painter Graham Sutherland at his home La Villa Blanche, route de Castellar. Menton 1954. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Graham Sutherland working at an etching at his La Villa Blanche. Menton 1974. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Graham Sutherland with aquatint "Bee and flower" at La Villa Blanche, Menton 1976. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Danish artist Jens Ferdinand Willumsen. Cannes 1955. - Photo by Edward Quinn
  • Jean-Pierre Vasarely, professionally known as Yvaral, was a French artist working in the fields of Op-art and kinetic art from 1954 onwards. He was the son of Victor Vasarely. Paris 1974. - Photo by Edward Quinn