In the history of art, Yann Arthus-Bertrand is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Yann Arthus-Bertrand as French photographer (born 1946).
Yann Arthus-Bertrand was born at Paris in 1946. His recorded nationality is France.
Twentieth-century art was international, heavily theorised and increasingly conceptual, with the market growing alongside it.
He worked as painter, photographer and film director.
His recorded movement is environmentalism.
Among his best-known works are Home, Earth from Above and Earth from Above. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour (2009), Officer of the National Order of Merit (2008), Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit and Cherry Kearton Medal and Award (2013).
That the work was made in France shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 2009
- Officer of the National Order of Merit — 2008
- Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit
- Cherry Kearton Medal and Award — 2013
- Commander of the National Order of Merit — 2016
- Notable work: Home
- Notable work: Earth from Above
- Notable work: Earth from Above
- Movement: environmentalism
