5 MAY 2026:
With deep sorrow, we bid farewell to René Groebli, who passed away earlier today. We have lost a humorous, innovative, and tirelessly dedicated artist, human being, and friend. His gently playful charm and his unmistakable presence – consistently expressed in violet, green, red, and blue – will remain vividly in our memory. His œuvre has left a lasting mark on Swiss and international photography and will continue to hold an enduring place in its history.
Der Schweizer Fotograf René Groebli ist am 5. Mai 2026 im Alter von 98 Jahren in seiner Heimatstadt Zürich gestorben. Wir verlieren mit ihm einen innovativen, experimentierfreudigen und bis zuletzt unermüdlich schaffenden Künstler und Mensch. Sein Gesamtwerk hat die Schweizer und internationale Fotografie nachhaltig geprägt und bleibt als fester Bestandteil ihrer Geschichte präsent.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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NEWS: THE GUARDIAN INTERVIEWS RENÉ GROEBLI
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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
130 or 140 CHF | EDITION BILDHALLELast available copy of the limited edition of 300. This photography book is the first-ever presentation of René Groebli’s pictures spanning a good half-century. We cannot help feeling that here... -
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
60 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
60 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
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