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ID: 500013272 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500013272			Record Type: Person

Karsh, Yousuf (Armenian-Canadian photographer, 1908-2002)

Note: Karsh is internationally known for his portraits of notable people, such as dignitaries, artists, world leaders, and scientists. He emigrated to Canada in 1924 escaping Armenian genocide in Turkey, where he came under the care of his uncle, George Nakash, an established photographer. He opened his own portrait studio in 1932 in Ottowa, where he quickly gained a reputation as a talented photographer whose clients came to include high-ranking individuals. He achieved international success in 1941 with his famous portrait of Winston Churchill. This image poses the qualities that would become the Karsh trademark: strong chiaroscuro modeling the sitter's face. From 1969, he taught at numerous universities and academies.

Names:
	Karsh, Yousuf (preferred,V,index,LC,English-P,NA,U)
	Karsh, Yousuf (Dutch-P,NA)
	Yousuf Karsh (V,display)
	Karash, Yousuf (V)
	קארש, יוסוף (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U)

Nationalities:
	Canadian (preferred)
	Armenian
	Turkish
	American
	Soviet

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	photographer
	portraitist
	professor

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Mardin (Mardin, Turkey) (inhabited place)

Events:

active:

since 1924 Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

nephew/niece of ....	Nakash, George
............................	(Canadian photographer, 1892-1976) [500040736]

teacher of ....	Leonard, Herman
..................	(American photographer, 1923-2010) [500652162]

List/Hierarchical Position:

....

Persons, Artists

........

Karsh, Yousuf (I)

Biographies:

(Armenian-Canadian photographer, 1908-2002) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Canadian photographer, b.1908) ..... [BHA]
(Turkish, Armenian and Canadian photographer, portrait photographer, portraitist and professor; born Mardin (Turkey), 1908) ..... [CCA]
(American artist, 1908-) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, born 1908) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Canadian photographer, 1908-2002) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1908-2002) ..... [GRL]
(Canadian artist, 1908-2002) ..... [MoMA]
(photographer, born 1908) ..... [IMJ]
(Armenian photographer, 1908-2002) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

קארש, יוסוף ........	[IMJ]
......................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database

Karash, Yousuf ........	[VP]
..............................	Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, International Artists Database (1998-2008)

Karsh, Yousuf ........	[BHA Preferred, CCA Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, IMJ Preferred, MoMA Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
............................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
............................	CCA Authority File (1980-)
............................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
............................	Israel Museum Jerusalem database
............................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 50044628
............................	RKD Artists database (2000-) 223613
............................	Witt Library, Authority files

Yousuf Karsh ........	[CCA, IMJ, MoMA, VP, WL-Courtauld]
..........................	Artists, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York (2000-)
..........................	Canadian Centre for Architecture database
..........................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules


Note:
English	..........	[CCA, VP]
	..........	20th-Century Photography (1996) 310

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