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BIOGRAFIE
| 1924 | Born in Zurich, Switzerland |
| 1941 - 1944 | Began a series of apprenticeships and employment positions as a photographer’s assistant in Switzerland |
| 1947 | Soon after his emigration to New York in 1947, Alexey Brodovitch hired Frank as a fashion photographer for Harper’s Bazaar |
| 1955 - 1957 | Embarked on a two-year trip across America during which he took over 28,000 pictures |
| 1999 | Honorary Ph.D. from the University of Göteborg |
| 2019 | died |
AUSSTELLUNGEN
| 2017 | The Art Institute of Chicago |
| 2017 - 2018 | Albertina, Wien |
| 2016 | HALLE 14 – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig Museum der Moderne Salzburg Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, Appenzell[ |
| 2015 | Museum Folkwang, Essen |
| 2014 | Akademie der Bildenden Künste München |
| 2014 - 2015 | Cantor Art Center der Stanford University, Stanford |
| 2012 | Multimedia Art Museum, Moskau |
| 2009 | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. C/O Berlin, Berlin National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy Museum Folkwang, Essen |
| 2008 - 2009 | Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy Jeu de Paume, Paris, France Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile |
| 2005 | Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur |
| 2004 - 2005 | Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland |
| 2003 | Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| 2002 | Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City, NY Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, ON |
| 2000 - 2001 | Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1998 | The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
| 1997 | Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1995 | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO |
| 1993 | Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC |
| 1989 | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 1987 | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany |
| 1985 | Sala Parpallo, Valencia, Spain |
| 1980 | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| 1979 | Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA |
| 1976 | Kunsthaus Zürich |
| 1962 | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| 1961 | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1950 | Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
AUSZEICHNUNGEN
| 2016 | Mitglied der American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 2014 | Sonderpreis zum Roswitha Haftmann-Preis |
| 2012 | Swiss Press Photo Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 2009 | Grosser Designpreis der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft für Fotografie |
| 2002 | Edward MacDowell Medal |
| 2000 | International Center of Photography Cornell Capa Infinity Award |
| 1996 | Hasselblad Foundation Award |
| 1987 | Friends of Photography Peer Award for a Distinguished Career in Photography |
| 1985 | Dr.-Erich-Salomon-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Photographie |
| 1970 - 1971 | American Film Institute grant |
| 1959 | Frank began making films |
| 1955 | Guggenheim Fellowship |
WERKE IN SAMMLUNGEN
| FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Stiftung fur die Photographie, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland Tate Modern, London, UK Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA |
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