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The Edward Quinn Archive provides photos for media, exhibitions and collectors. It contains pictures of stars, celebrities and artists taken on the Côte d’Azur from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Irishman Edward Quinn (1920–1997) lived and worked as a photographer on the French Riviera. His images capture the unique charm, sophistication and chic elegance of this legendary time and place.

Highlights

  • Prince Rainier of Monaco at the time he was still "the bachelor prince". Here he is in his bachelor hide-out, Villa Iberia, with his dogs Bella, John and Whiskey. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954.
  • Carlos Reutemann, (11) Ferrari 312T3. Monaco Grand Prix 1978.
  • Marlon Brando at the port in Bandol 1956.
  • Marc Chagall at the Chagall painting exhibition. Nice, February 1952.
  • Kim Novak had been the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and there was a much publicized romance with Prince Aly Khan. She came again to the Film Festival in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. She stayed with her parents in Aly Khan’s Château de l’Horizon. Her escort at the Film Festival was Cary Grant. Cannes 1959.
  • Somerset Maugham at his at Villa Mauresque. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954

News

Latest book: Picasso, Friends and Family

Latest book: Picasso, Friends and Family

Photographs by Edward Quinn

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 2023


Edited by Wolfgang Frei, Introduction by Jean-Louis Andral, Director Picasso Museum, Antibes.
230 pages, 220 photos, Text in English
Hatje Cantz Verlag

"He doesn’t bother me," Picasso commented of the photographer Edward Quinn, after the latter had first photographed him at work in the ceramics studio in the early 1950s. This was undoubtedly one of the reasons why Quinn was allowed to accompany the artist with his cameras for over 20 years from 1951 onwards during his time on the Côte d’Azur: in the studio, in private with his family, with artist friends, at the bullfight, out and about, with lovers or simply at the hairdresser’s.
Edward Quinn’s vivid photographs from Pablo Picasso’s everyday life are not only of great intimacy, disclosing their mutual friendship, they also document his versatile character, his humor, and his enthusiasm in an amiable and lighthearted way. As a viewer of Edward Quinn’s photographs, you find yourself at eye level with the protagonists.

New book: Monaco Motor Racing

New book: Monaco Motor Racing

Edited by Wolfgang Frei. English and German. 240 pages, 277 photos

Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2022. ISBN 978-3-667-1.

The motor sport of the 1950s and 60s remains incomparable in its attractiveness. This is due in large measure to legendary drivers like Ascari, Berghe von Trips, Fangio, Hill and Moss on the one hand, and to the big brand names that were active in these decades on the other, including Ferrari, Maserati, Lotus, Mercedes, Porsche and many others. Monaco remains a highlight of the racing calendar to this day – an event that combines thrilling action, glamor and drama like no other.

Photographer Edward Quinn, who documented Formula 1 racing, but also the Monte Carlo Rally and other formula races from 1950 onwards, is an integral part of this fascinating world. Thrilling skirmishes on the circuit, spectacular accidents and tragic retirements are balanced against hectic activity in the pits. However, Quinn not only captured the racing action, but also the hustle and bustle of trackside life: drivers’ wives, mechanics, team bosses, celebrities, and spectators – as well as royal couple Prince Rainier and Princess Grace.

 

Reviews, corrigenda and comments

"He never loses sight of the fact that his job is to tell us about Picasso and not about himself. That he has been able to do this better than any other photographer is largely due to the fact that he won Picasso’s confidence from the start and with it the privilege of photographing him with almost complete freedom.”

Tatler, May 1965.

Exhibitions

Picasso íntimo y los años dorados de la Costa Azul. Fotografías de Edward Quinn

Sep 13 2023 - Jan 7 2024

Picasso íntimo y los años dorados de la Costa Azul. Fotografías de Edward Quinn

Intimate Picasso and the Golden Years of the Côte d'Azur. Photographs by Edward Quinn

Centro de Historias, Zaragoza, Spain

Picasso. Fotografien von Edward Quinn

Sep 15 - Oct 1 2023

Picasso. Fotografien von Edward Quinn

At Milchhütte Gallery, Zumikon, Switzerland.
Parallel to this, a Picasso studio for children. Here, for example, the young artists deal with Picasso's goat Esmeralda and create artworks. 

Picasso y los años dorados de la Costa Azul

Feb 24 - Jun 30 2023

Picasso y los años dorados de la Costa Azul

Picasso and the Golden Years of the Côte d'Azur. 140 photos by Edward Quinn of Picasso and the celebrities at the Côte d'Azur.

Centro Cultural La Malagueta, Malaga, Spain

 

Maya Ruiz-Picasso, daughter of Pablo

April 16 – Dec 31 December 2022

Maya Ruiz-Picasso, daughter of Pablo

40 photos of Maya and Picasso as part of this exhibition.

Musée nationale Picasso-Paris.

Von Picasso bis Hockney. Edward Quinn. Künstlerfotograf

June 6 – Oct 10 2020

Von Picasso bis Hockney. Edward Quinn. Künstlerfotograf

Picasso to Hockney. Edward Quinn, Photographer of Artists Stadtturmgalerie Gmünd, Kärnten/A

Picasso. L'altra meta del cielo

Nov 30 2019 – Mar 11 2020

Picasso. L'altra meta del cielo

Foto di Edward Quinn.
Museo Mediceo di Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze