Franklin D. Roosevelt
“I pretended to click the shutter and said, “Thank you, very much.” The ordeal over, Tweedsmuir began to tell one of his Scottish stories and everyone relaxed.”
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw died on this day, November 2, in 1950.
Jonas Salk
American virologist and medical researcher Jonas Salk was born on this day, October 28, in 1914.
“Le monde de Yousuf Karsh”
This beautifully printed catalog is available for purchase through the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ gift shop.
Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive
“Turn Every Page”: Inside the Robert A. Caro Archive” is the first public exhibition drawn from the archive of the author.
“Becoming Cousteau”
A new documentary takes an inside look at Jacques Cousteau.
Marian Anderson – Beyond the Music
This summer Sony Masterworks released “Marian Anderson – Beyond the Music.”
Elizabeth Arden
Canadian-American business woman Elizabeth Arden died on this day, October 18, in 1966.
Martin Luther King Jr.
On October 14, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance.
Dr. Henry K. Beecher
Henry K. Beecher was a pioneering American anesthesiologist, medical ethicist, and investigator of the placebo effect.
Bill and Hillary Clinton
On October 11, 1975, William Jefferson Clinton married Hillary Rodham.
Desmond Tutu
South African Anglican cleric and theologian, Desmond Tutu, was born on this day, October 7, in 1931.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Press coverage is rolling in for our exhibition in Montreal.
Earl Warren
October 5th marks the anniversary of Earl Warren’s swearing-in as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1953.
“Influence and Identity”
“Influence and Identity: Twentieth Century Portrait Photography from the Bank of America Collection” features the works of international photographers from the early through the mid-twentieth century.
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was born on this day, October 4, in 1923.
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. was born on this day, October 1, in 1924.
Elie Wiesel
“I found an erudite storyteller, a Holocaust survivor who has retained a bittersweet sense of life and placed it in the service of worldwide peace and human rights.”
Angela Lansbury
The American crime drama “Murder, She Wrote” debuted on this day in 1984.
Anita Ekberg
“Her natural behavior resembled the love goddesses she portrayed – uninhibited and seductive and totally without guile.”
Brigitte Bardot
Actress, singer, and animal rights activist Brigitte “B.B.” Bardot, turned 87 on September 28, 2021.
“60 Minutes”
On September 24, 1968, CBS aired the first episode of “60 Minutes.”
Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1933-2021
French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo died earlier this month.
The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence
We are thrilled to announce the opening of a major exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Thomas Mann
Mann’s 1918 book “Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man” was recently reissued by New York Review of Books.
H. G. Wells
The English author H. G. Wells was born on this day, September 21, in 1866.
Muhammad Ali
“Muhammad Ali arrived at my New York studio with a breathless young editor trailing behind.”
Jacques Henri Lartigue
French photographer and painter Jacques Henri Lartigue died on September 12, in 1986 (b. 1894).
Francois Mauriac
“Paris was without electric power when I photographed the eminent Catholic writer.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27, 1908.
Edward Kennedy
American lawyer and politician Edward “Ted” Kennedy died on this day, August 25, in 2009.
René Lévesque
Canadian politician and journalist René Lévesque was born on this day, August 24, in 1922.
Norman Rockwell
Look closely, and you can see Rockwell’s sketches of Karsh as he set up his cameras and lighting.
Warren K. Cook
Warren K. Cook was photographed on January 31, 1945, one of 243 Sitters listed in Mr. Karsh’s records for that year.
Dizzy Gillespie
The jazz musician posed in 1990, for Karsh’s “American Legends” project.
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock was photographed in 1960, the same year he released his masterpiece, “Psycho.”
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Eunice Kennedy Shriver died on this day, August 11, in 2009.
Omar Bradley
On August 11, 1949, US President Harry Truman appointed Omar Bradley the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Smithsonian Institution
America’s Smithsonian Institution was established 175 years ago today, in 1846, with funds from the Englishman James Smithson.
Neil Armstrong
NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was born on this day, August 5, in 1930.