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This photo by Yousuf Karsh of Ottawa was made in 1943, while the later Dutch Queen, Princess Juliana, was in exile in Canada during World War II. She just gave birth to Princess Margriet (born 19 January 1943, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada). A unique piece, also because of the beautiful backside!

Photographer: Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002)
Title: Princess Juliana & Margriet, 1943
Size (photo/paper): 26x33.5 cm / 26x33.5 cm
Signed: hand signed in black marker on recto, stamp on verso
Type: Vintage gelatin silver print
Condition: (9)

BIOGRAPHY (wikipedia)
Yousuf Karsh, CC (Armenian name: Hovsep Karsh; December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer best known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century.

An Armenian Genocide survivor, Karsh migrated to Canada as a refugee. By the 1930s he established himself as a significant photographer in Ottawa, where he lived most part of his adult life, though he traveled extensively for work. His iconic 1941 photograph of Winston Churchill was a breakthrough point in his 60-year career, throughout of which he took numerous photos of known political leaders, men and women of arts and sciences. Over 20 photos by Karsh appeared on the cover of Life magazine, until he retired in 1992.

Karsh was born to an Armenian parents Amsih Karsh, a merchant, and Bahai Nakash, on December 23, 1908 in Mardin, Diyarbekir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. The city's Armenian population was largely Arabic-speaking. His Armenian name Hovsep is a variant of Joseph, while Yousuf is the Arabic version of the same name. He grew up during the Armenian Genocide, during which some of his family were murdered. Karsh and his family escaped to a refugee camp in Aleppo, Syria in 1922 in a month-long journey with a Kurdish caravan.[6][12][13] The Economist noted in their obituary of Karsh that he "thought of himself as an Armenian." According to Vartan Gregorian "Although he was proud to be Canadian, Karsh was equally proud to be Armenian.

Karsh in 1938
Karsh was sent to Canada by his family. He arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia on December 31, 1923 by a boat from Beirut. He immediately moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec to live with his maternal uncle George Nakashian (Nakash), a portrait photographer. Karsh worked for and was taught photography by his uncle. He gave Karsh a Box Brownie camera. From 1928 to 1931, Karsh apprenticed in Boston, Massachusetts for John H. Garo, the most prominent Armenian photographer in America at the time who had made a name for himself photographing Boston celebrities.

Career
Karsh settled in Ottawa and opened his first studio in 1932. It was located on the second floor of a building at 130 Sparks Street, which was later named the Hardy Arcade. He remained there until 1972, when he moved to Château Laurier. He was known professionally as "Karsh of Ottawa", which was also his signature. He achieved initial success by capturing the attention of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who helped Karsh arrange photographing visiting dignitaries.

Throughout his life, Karsh photographed "anyone who was anyone." When asked why he almost exclusively captured famous people, he replied, "I am working with the world's most remarkable cross-section of people. I do believe it's the minority who make the world go around, not the majority."[18] He once also jokingly remarked, "I do it for my own immortality."[17] By the time he retired in 1992, more than 20 of his photos had appeared on the cover of Life magazine Karsh's photos were known for their use of dramatic lighting, which became the hallmark of his portrait style. He had studied it with both Garo in Boston and at the Ottawa Little Theatre, of which he was a member.

Karsh's portrait of Winston Churchill
His 1941 photo of Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, brought him prominence. The photo was taken on December 30, 1941 in the chamber of the Speaker of the House of Commons in the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa after Churchill delivered a speech on World War II to the Canadian members of the parliament. It was arranged by Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King. Churchill is particularly noted for his posture and facial expression, which have been compared to the wartime feelings that prevailed in the UK: persistence in the face of an all-conquering enemy. The photo, which according to The Economist is the "most reproduced portrait in the history of photography",[14] has been described as one of the "most iconic portraits ever shot". USC Fisher Museum of Art described it as a "defiant and scowling portrait became an instant icon of Britain’s stand against fascism." It appeared on the cover of the May 21, 1945 issue of Life, which bought it for $100. It now hangs on the wall of the Speaker’s chamber. Following the dissemination of the photo, Karsh became an internationally known photographer.

During World War II, Karsh photographed political and military leaders and began capturing photos of writers, actors, artists, musicians, scientists, and celebrities in the post-war period. His 1957 portrait of the American novelist Ernest Hemingway, which was shot in Havana, Cuba, is another well-known photo by Karsh. According to Amanda Hopkinson it made Hemingway look like the hero of his novel The Old Man and the Sea. His other notable portraits include George Bernard Shaw at an old age (1943), Dwight D. Eisenhower as a five-star general and Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1946), American artist Georgia O'Keeffe in her New Mexico studio (1956), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev swathed in fur (1963).

Besides portraits of the famous, Karsh photographed assembly line workers in Windsor, Ontario, commissioned by the Ford Motor Company of Canada. He also photographed landscapes of Rome and the Holy Land to be included in books in collaboration with Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, an annual poster for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and other works.

He was a visiting professor at Ohio University and at Emerson College in Boston.

Marriages
Karsh's first marriage was to Solange Gathier (1902−1961) in 1939,[17][23] whom he met at the Ottawa Little Theatre in 1933,[3] where she was a star. Gathier was born in Tours, France and migrated to Canada as a young girl. They initially moved into her apartment and in 1940, into an Art Deco home called Little Wings on the Rideau River just outside Ottawa. She died in January 1961 of cancer.

His second marriage was to Estrellita Maria Nachbar, a medical writer 21 years his junior, in August 1962.[28] Their wedding was officiated by Fulton J. Sheen, Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of New York. From 1972 to 1992 they lived in a third-floor suite at Château Laurier, Ottawa and maintained Little Wings and an apartment and studio in Manhattan. They had no children.

Retirement and death
Karsh retired in June 1992, aged 83. He closed his studio at Château Laurier and moved to Boston in 1997. He died on June 13, 2002 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after complications following surgery. A private funeral was held in Ottawa. He was interred in Notre-Dame Cemetery in Ottawa.

Recognition
A bust of Karsh, a gift from Armenia, unveiled before Château Laurier, Ottawa in 2017.
Karsh has been recognized as Canada’s leading portrait photographer. In general, he is recognized as one of the best-known[1] and great portrait photographers of the 20th century. The Economist wrote upon his death that Karsh was "for half a century perhaps the greatest portrait photographer in the monumental manner."[14] The website of the Governor General of Canada describes him as the "pre-eminent portrait photographer of the twentieth century." The Metropolitan Museum of Art described him as "one of the greatest portrait photographers of the twentieth century [who] achieved a distinct style in his theatrical lighting." The Canadian Encyclopedia noted that his portraits "have come to represent the public images of major international figures of politics, science, and culture in the twentieth century."

By the time he died, his work was on display permanently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art (both in New York), National Gallery of Canada, National Portrait Gallery in London, National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, Art Institute of Chicago, Saint Louis Art Museum, George Eastman Museum, and elsewhere. In 1987 the National Archives of Canada acquired the complete collection of Karsh items, including the negatives, prints and transparencies produced and retained by Karsh since 1933. The current Library and Archives Canada collection has 355,000 items in its Karsh collection, including all of his 150,000 negatives, kept at a facility in Gatineau, Quebec.

He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (UK).

On June 9, 2017 a bust of Karsh by Canadian-Armenian sculptor Megerditch Tarakdjian was unveiled before Château Laurier, Ottawa. It depicts Karsh with his famous camera and is a gift to Canada from the people of Armenia on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the 150th anniversary of Canada. Among attendees were George Furey, the Speaker of the Senate, and Arif Virani, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

The Karsh Award, dedicated to Yousuf and his brother Malak Karsh, is awarded by the City of Ottawa every two years to an established professional artist for outstanding artistic work in a photo-based medium.

Awards
Order of Canada: Officer (1967), Companion (1990)
Canada Council Medal (1965)
Achievement and Life Award, Encyclopædia Britannica (1980)
Karsh was awarded honorary degrees from Dartmouth College (1961), Ohio University (1968), Tufts University (D.F.A., 1981), Syracuse University (D.F.A., 1986), Ohio State University (Doctor of Humane Letters, 1996), and other universities.

Publications
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Faces of Destiny (1946)
Portraits of Greatness (1959)
Faces of Our Time (1971)
Karsh Portraits (1976)
Photographs of Yousuf Karsh: Men Who Make Our World (1967)
Karsh: A Fifty-Year Retrospective (1983)

All prints and books on offer will be shipped by insured and registered mail. Large prints will be shipped in tubes, small and medium sized prints in cardboard (envelopes). Pick up in The Hague, The Netherlands is possible. Insured and registered shipping. The Netherlands € 20. Europe € 30. Worldwide € 50. Combined shipping free of charge.

Silver gelatin print, 1943 - signed & stamped - annotated 

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