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	George Hurrell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hurrell originally studied as a painter with no particular interest in photography.
		After she showed these photographs to her husband Irving Thalberg, Thalberg was so impressed that he signed Hurrell to a contract with MGM Studios, making him head of the portrait photography department.
		Hurrell died shortly after completing the documentary from complications from his long standing problem with bladder cancer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Hurrell (695 words)

	Hurrell
		August 14, 2005 —George Hurrell’s photographs conjure the spell of “star quality.” Most often Hurrell’s work is associated with the female film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, such as Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, and Jean Harlow.
		Hurrell’s Men highlights his portfolio of equally compelling images of male movie stars.Focusing on more than 50 of his portraits, Hurrell’s Men is at the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, from October 1 – December 31.
		Hurrell’s visual vocabulary is expanded in his portraits of men to incorporate a raw energy not readily apparent in his images of women.
	www.hrm.org /pressbox/Hurrell.htm (405 words)

	Museum of Contemporary Photography: Hurrell, George
		George Hurrell was a studio photographer in Hollywood starting in the late 1920s.
		George Hurrell was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1904.
		Hurrell soon discovered that he could make a living taking portraits, and by the 1930s he was photographing Hollywood’s major movie stars.
	www.mocp.org /collections/permanent/hurrell_george.php (214 words)

	George Hurrell
		In 1929 at the age of 25 artist turned photographer, George Hurrell, irreparably changed the way cinema studios and the movie going public perceived many of the greatest stars of the '30s and '40s.
		His ingenious use of a boom to place a light above his subject's head highlighting the hair was quickly adopted by all the major studios and remains to this day an important lighting implement in cinema, video and still photography.
		Hurrellís exhaustive retouching of negatives to eliminate unwanted facial and body blemishes and to enhance the subjects finest qualities continues to be a source of controversy among movie and art critics.
	www.california-pawnshop.com /overture/hurrellgeorge.htm (241 words)

	Photography: Soulcatcher Studio: George Hurrell
		Hurrell attended the Art Institute of Chicago and after graduating he was commissioned in 1925 by an art colony in Laguna Beach, CA, to photograph painters and their paintings.
		Hurrell hoped to continue his art studies but soon found that photography was taking the place of painting.
		Hurrell later moved to Columbia Pictures where he was instrumental in shaping the image of Rita Hayworth.
	www.soulcatcherstudio.com /artists/hurrell.html (788 words)

	Martin Isaacson: performer, artist, teacher - Stories - George Hurrell
		George was the definitive Hollywood glamour portrait photographer of all time.
		George Hurrell and I met when his first book of Hollywood celebrity glamour portraits he had shoot in the 1930 – 1940 was printed.
		George and I became close, as close as he was comfortable with.
	www.martinisaacson.com /stories/hurrell.php (713 words)

	Hurrell
		Hurrell’s celebrity images- whether male or female – became the exemplars for successive generations of stars and their fans.
		Hurrell is most often associated with the cinematic divas of the 1930s and 40s.
		His visual vocabulary, while always remaining “quintessentially Hurrell,” is expanded in his portraits of men to incorporate a raw energy that is not readily apparent in his images of women.
	www.hrm.org /exhibits/Hurrell.html (393 words)

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		George Hurrell was born in 1902 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is perhaps one of the most recognized photographers of our time.
		George Hurrell initially aspired to be a painter and so he moved to Chicago where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute.
		Hurrell immediately started shooting Metro’s soon to be starlights and leading men, in a way that no other photographer had done before.
	www.rogallery.com /Hurrell_George/Hurrell-biography.htm (222 words)

	George Hurrell Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The man dubbed the "Grand Seigneur of the Hollywood Portrait," was born in Covington, KY, across the river from Cincinnati, in 1904.
		By the time he was eight, young George Hurrell had developed an interest in painting and drawing.
		Thalberg and Shearer were so impressed with Hurrell's work that he was hired as head of the MGM portrait gallery in 1930.
	www.clarkegalleries.com /hurrellphotography/Hurrell/bio.html (606 words)

	The Queen Mary in Long Beach, Ca - The Photography of George Hurrell on Display
		George Edward Hurrell (1904-1992) is one of the most influential American photographers of the 20th Century.
		Hurrell invented the boom light, and is credited with developing other innovative lighting techniques.
		Glamour!" exhibition of The Photography of George Hurrell aboard the Queen Mary Sun Deck Gallery presents over 100 rare images of this genius photographer's work from the Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archive in conjunction with the Estate of George Hurrell.
	www.queenmary.com /index.php?page=hurrell (371 words)

	Gatochy's Blog: 1934 George Hurrell Interview
		In the 1934 article posted in Trouble in Paradise Hurrell names Joan Crawford (6) as his favorite subject, but in the TV program I watched his fondest memories were of Myrna Loy (9), whom he said could change facial expression in a second.
		In 1934 he criticized Garbo for not being very cooperative as a photographic subject; however, in the later TV show he elaborated on that, saying that her seriousness and passivity in front of the camera were a personal choice.
		George Hurrell, who glorifies the stars with his camera portraits, says that you just don't know your posing.
	gatochy.blogspot.com /2006/11/1934-george-hurrell-interview.html (2392 words)

	Biography of George Hurrell - The Early Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At age 18, George Hurrell started out as a fine art painter, studying at the prestigious Art Institute in Chicago.
		Hurrell accepted Payne’s invitation to come out to Laguna Beach, California and be a part of the Laguna Art Colony.
		Hurrell’s reputation as the Rembrandt of portrait photography spread quickly throughout the industry, and within a year, practically everyone in Hollywood was seeking Hurrell for his photographic portrait skills.
	hurrellestate.com /bio_early_years.htm (362 words)

	Legends in Light - The Photography of George Hurrell
		Hurrell's photography defined the Golden Age of Hollywood and the special brings hundreds of his most famous photographs alive.
		For 64 years, George Hurrell created images that made millions of Americans flock to movie theaters.
		This is not a shoot-and-tell show, Hurrell doesn't gossip much, except to suggest that, in the moment recorded by his camera, Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck were every bit as comfortable with each other as they appeared.
	www.clarkegalleries.com /hurrellphotography/Hurrell/legends.html (701 words)

	George Hurrell The ArcLight Cinemas Los Angeles - Pressrelease
		Legendary Hollywood glamour photographer George Hurrell died in 1992, but his work is still with us, thanks to his biographer, Mark A. Vieira'also America's foremost photographer and printer of images in the "Hurrell style." The exhibition entitled "Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits" is on display in the lobby of Hollywood's ArcLight Cinemas through December 31st.
		Hurrell's sultry images have become cultural icons, but don't expect to see such well-known shots as Jean Harlow on a bearskin rug.
		This arresting photograph was made in June 1933, when Harlow had returned from a Palm Springs vaca-tion'tanned, rested, and ready for Hurrell, who applied baby oil to her skin and plied her with gin.
	www.undo.net /cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/pressrelease.pl?id=1039627317 (498 words)

	Amazon.com: The Portfolios of George Hurrell: Books: George Hurrell,George Thornton,Susan Martin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hurrell's strongly composed portraits gave a distinctive look to many a star and thereafter affected many a career.
		Taken in the depth of the Great Depression, these newly available images of instantly recognizable faces may well have helped Americans through a trying time in their history by providing an escape from their travails as well as the inspiration that life can be swell if you just keep it up.
		As such, Hurrell's faces have been called "the gods and goddesses of modern democracy." The only flaw in this otherwise peerless volume is the misspelling of Katharine Hepburn's first name.
	www.amazon.com /Portfolios-George-Hurrell/dp/0963057006 (865 words)

	The Edward Weston Collection
		George Hurrell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1904.
		In 1965 the Museum of Modern Art chooses George Hurrell as one of fourteen photographers in a show of woman portraits titled, “Glamour Poses”.
		Hurrell’s success in photography was captured eloquently in a book published by Whitney Stein and the John Day Company called “The Hurrell Style”, which received great critical acclaim.
	www.westoncollection.com /George_Hurrell.cfm (984 words)

	George Henry Harlow (1787 - 1819) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Self-portrait George Henry Harlow (British, 1787-1819)Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in.
		George Henry Boughton, Study of a Tree, circa late 19th century
		George Henry Phillips, Mouth of the River Humber, 1823
	www.wwar.com /masters/h/harlow-george_henry.html (778 words)

	George Hurrell Portfolio III
		George Hurrell is credited with creating the glamour image of Hollywood through his lush and beautifully illuminated portraits of movie stars.
		Hurrell continued his portrait work until he passed away in 1992.
		Given the desireability of Hurrell photographs this should be a very good investment for the future.
	www.ipacific.com /shop/photography/hurrell (203 words)

	GEORGE HURRELL - Classic Hollywood Glamour Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mark occupies a studio in the Granada Building in the Westlake district of Los Angeles, the same building where George Hurrell shot the historic photos of Ramon Navarro and Norma Shearer in 1929.
		Impressed with photos Hurrell had taken of Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer came to him for photos that would convince her husband, MGM production chief, Irving Thalberg, that she could play the sultry and sexy lead in the film THE DIVORCEE.
		Using a Deardorff 8x10 and lighting techniques that pay homage to Hurrell, he produced a magnificent collection of images which include Drew Barrymore, Jack Lemmon, Patrick Stewart and Martin Sheen.
	www.lafterhall.com /hurrell.html (547 words)

	Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits
		The Chapman Collection is an archive of photographs by the celebrity photographer George Hurrell.
		This book presents in depth the work of George Hurrell, the photographer who more than anyone else was responsible for inventing the Hollywood "glamour" portrait - the essential publicity tool for the major studios during the Golden Age of the movies.
		Although some photos by Hurrell are familiar and frequently reproduced, most of the images in this book will come as a revelation, since they have not been published in over half a century.
	www.zooscape.com /cgi-bin/maitred/WhitePulp/isbn0810934345 (477 words)

	George Hurrell - About George Hurrell from HurrellPhotos.com
		After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, Hurrell was commissioned to photograph paintings and painters in Laguna Beach, CA, art colony in 1925, prompting Hurrell move west to continue his art studies.
		After the war, Hurrell returned to Hollywood, but soon found glamour photography had fallen out of fashion.
		One of the first books published "The Hurrell Style" by John Day and Company, in 1976, was followed by other commemorative books and special-edition prints of his work.
	www.hurrellphotos.com /default.asp?ID=11 (641 words)

	George Hurrell - Rights and Restrictions Information (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)
		The photographs George Hurrell made for his own use may be restricted by copyright.
		Other photographs, however, may have been produced as "work for hire" and copyright may be held by the original client.
		For the photographs included in the Hurrell portfolios in the PH filing series: Restricted.
	www.loc.gov /rr/print/res/088_hurr.html (216 words)

	Zuga.net - George Hurrell video?
		I hope someone knows where I can buy a copy of "Legends in Light - George Hurrell." It was a TNT 1 hour show in 1994 (sorry!) but I just found out about it.
		I saw an HGTV program yesterday where a guy in LA bought an old '20s house and in the attic he found a huge box of 8x10 negs that George Hurrell had done along with some other negs the original homeowner had done so he must have worked at the studio with Hurrell.
		Note: Here is the name/address/phone of the lady at the gallery I ordered from in case you want to order or have questions about the video - I think she sells prints too.
	www.zuga.net /forums/printthread.php?t=13050 (539 words)

	George Hurrell ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		George Vertue, King George, defender of the Faith, after Knoeller, 1807
		George Vertue, George Morley, Bishop of Winchester, 17th - 18th century
		George Waugh 1868 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art British
	www.wwar.com /masters/h/hurrell-george.html (548 words)

	The George Hurrell Collection, famous celebrity photos and pictures
		Moviemarket is proud to present a stunning range of images from the legendary Hollywoord Photographer George Hurrell...
		Hurrell helped shape the image of the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930's and 40's.
		All our George Hurrell photos are produced with fine borders, the Star's name and George Hurrell's signature.
	www.moviestore.com /george_hurrell.html (104 words)

	The Hollywood Photography of George Hurrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		We have an inventory of up to 75 photographs, including the last prints HURRELL made before he died and some images that are one of a kind examples: Jane Russell, Frances Farmer, Maureen O'Hara, Claudette Colbert, Paullette Goddard and many more.
		Legends in Light traces the remarkable career of Hollywood master photographer George Hurrell.
		Through interviews with contemporary stars and phtographers, including Sharon Stone, Raquel Welch, Francesco Scavullo and more, you'll uncover an intimate portrait of an amazing career that spanned more than 65 years.
	www.hurrellphotography.com (222 words)

	GEORGE HURRELL
		With Whitney Stine, The Hurrell Style (New York: John Day, 1977).
		By Gene Thornton, The Portfolios of George Hurrell (Santa Monica, CA: 1991).
		Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, Still Men: The Glamour Photographs of Max Munn Autrey and George Hurrell, 1920-1950, 1995.
	www.mptv.net /main/main_elements/hurrellbio.html (446 words)

	George Hurrell Online
		George Hurrell in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Database
		Search AllPosters for reproductions of works by George Hurrell
		All images and text on this George Hurrell page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/hurrell_george.html (89 words)

	George Hurrell photos and prints (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		George Hurrell photos and prints (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)
		This web site is dedicated to the incredible photographs of George Hurrell, a master of Hollywood glamour photography.
		Click George Hurrell's handwritten certificate of authenticity at left to start!
	www.hurrellphotos.com.cob-web.org:8888 (64 words)

	My Homagé to George Hurrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I love the look that the focusable fresnel lens lights used by Hollywood studio glamour photographers in the '40's like George Hurrell provided.
		i'm also a fan of both hurrel and fresnels.
		Wow I thought I had a Decent handle on the Hurrell style...but your work proves other wise!!
	www.photocamel.com /index.php/topic,10037.0.html (832 words)

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