René Groebli is a Swiss photographer, born 1927 in Zurich. He is known internationally for his dynamic, daring and then avantgardist black and white work from the mid-20th century; in particular the series Rail Magic (1949) and The Eye of Love (1954) as well as for his commissioned and free experimental work in colour.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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PUBLICATIONS
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René Groebli: The Eye of Love
85 OR 150 CHF | SIGNEDFirst published in 1954, the photo book The Eye of Love by Swiss photographer René Groebli is a small book featuring images that were made during the honeymoon with his... -
René Groebli: The Magic Eye
128 OR 180 CHF | EDITION BILDHALLE I SIGNEDThis photography book is the first-ever presentation of René Groebli’s pictures spanning a good half-century. We cannot help feeling that here at work is a shaman of photographic grain and... -
René Groebli: London 1949
75 CHF | LIMITED EDITION | SIGNED & NUMBEREDSecond limited edition of 250 A few days before christmas 1949, the young Swiss photographer René Groebli arrived at Victoria station in fog-bound, bombed-out London. For two weeks he wandered... -
René Groebli: Magie der Schiene / Rail Magic 1949
85 OR 120 CHF | SIGNED74 photographs, taken with either a Leica III F with one single lens (Elmar 50 mm, 1:3.5) or with the old twin-lens Rolleiflex. In 1949 René Groebli shot a series... -
René Groebli: Color Work
70 CHF | SIGNEDAfter his wonderful poetic and capturing black and white photography, color became for René Groebli the actual major topic, the challenge that had to be faced and overcome technically and... -
René Groebli: The Magic Eye
1'500 CHF | EDITION BILDHALLE | SPECIAL EDITION WITH BOOK & PRINT | SIGNED & NUMBEREDLimited edition of 30 with a signed and numbered book & carbon pigment print (42 x 29.5 cm). The print with the title Cupid/Amor (#508), The Eye of Love, Paris,... -
René Groebli: Early Work 1945-1955
65 CHF | SIGNEDRené Groebli is the missing link in the Swiss photographic history of the second half of the 20th century. He merges the romanticism in photography with the visions of the... -
René Groebli: Nudes
60 CHF | SIGNEDSometimes Groebli's work seems more akin to painting or at least to a pictorial kind of photography. In place of blurring brush strokes or filters he uses the grain of...
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SELECTED SERIES
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A short insight into a long life as photographer.
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WHEN ART INSPIRES FASHION
RENÉ GROEBLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES "THE EYE OF LOVE" WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR DESIGNER SARAH BURTON'S GIVENCHY SPRING/SUMMER COLLECTION 2026! -
THE VINTAGE PRINTS OF RENÉ GROEBLI
signed, dated and personally printed by the artist
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