Artist Monograph

Bill Brandt, British

Bill Brandt is represented by 104 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as british, with dated works spanning 1930–1965.

British, born Germany. 1904–1983

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Photography	104	100%

Technique range

MoMA’s records for Bill Brandt cover a single medium: Photography.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 104 works produced between 1930 and 1965 attributed to Bill Brandt, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 35 years, from 1930 to 1965.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Bill Brandt is catalogued under British nationality. See the full British artists hub.

Contemporaries among British artists

324
Thomas Bewick
works at MoMA
265
Eduardo Paolozzi
works at MoMA
264
John Thomson
works at MoMA
239
David Hockney
works at MoMA
173
Francis Frith
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1904–1983 (79 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 104 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Hungary Photograph Acc. 605.2006	c. 1930	Gelatin silver print	10 5/16 × 8 3/8" (26.2 × 21.2 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Ronald A. Kurtz
Marché aux Puces, Paris Photograph Acc. 220.2014	c. 1930	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 6 15/16" (23.8 × 17.6 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Losing at the Horse Races, Auteuil, Paris Photograph Acc. 607.2006	c. 1932	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 6 15/16" (21.3 × 17.6 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Park Lane Photograph Acc. 656.2012	1932	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.9 × 24 cm)	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Coach Party, Royal Hunt Cup Day, Ascot Photograph Acc. 606.2006	1933	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 9 15/16" (20 × 25.3 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Michèle Gerber Klein
Rainswept Roofs Photograph Acc. 101.1959	1933	Gelatin silver print	12 7/16 × 10 3/4" (31.6 × 27.3 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Billingsgate Fish Market Photograph Acc. 659.2012	c. 1934	Gelatin silver print	11 5/8 × 9 7/16" (29.6 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Cricket in the Park Photograph Acc. 657.2012	c. 1934	Gelatin silver print	6 1/8 × 8 1/8" (15.6 × 20.6 cm)	Photography	Gift of John-Paul Kernot
Evening in Kenwood Photograph Acc. 24.2010	c. 1934	Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure and the Committee on Photography Fund
Kensington Children's Party Photograph Acc. 658.2012	c. 1934	Gelatin silver print	8 5/8 × 7 3/16" (21.9 × 18.3 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Soho Bedroom Photograph Acc. 608.2006	1934	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 7 9/16" (22.2 × 19.2 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Michèle Gerber Klein
Evening in Kew Gardens Photograph Acc. 609.2006	c. 1935	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 6 9/16" (21.2 × 16.6 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Tic-Tac Men at Ascot Races Photograph Acc. 610.2006	1935	Gelatin silver print	10 7/8 × 9 3/16" (27.7 × 23.4 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Roger L. Strong
Street Scene, London Photograph Acc. 613.2006	1936	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 11/16" (23 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Purchase
A Snicket in Halifax Photograph Acc. 209.1969	1937	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	20 × 17 3/16" (50.9 × 43.7 cm)	Photography	Purchase
A Snicket in Halifax Photograph Acc. 214.2007	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Carl Jacobs Fund
Bloomsbury Party Photograph Acc. 660.2012	c. 1937	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 7 5/8" (23.6 × 19.3 cm)	Photography	The Family of Man Fund
Children in Sheffield Photograph Acc. 616.2006	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 5/8" (23 × 19.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow Photograph Acc. 398.2016	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 7 5/8" (23.3 × 19.3 cm)	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Coal-Searcher Going Home to Jarrow Photograph Acc. 448.1973	1937	Gelatin silver print, printed 1960s	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of Robert M. Doty
East Durham Coal-Miner Just Home from the Pit Photograph Acc. 661.2012	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 1/2 × 7 9/16" (24.2 × 19.2 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk in honor of Noya Brandt
East End Morning Photograph Acc. 614.2006	1937	Gelatin silver print	9 11/16 × 7 11/16" (24.6 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger
Halifax Photograph Acc. 662.2012	1937	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1965	9 1/4 × 7 1/2" (23.5 × 19.1 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Late Evening in the Kitchen Photograph Acc. 663.2012	c. 1937	Gelatin silver print	11 3/4 × 9 5/8" (29.9 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of John-Paul Kernot
Northumbrian Miner at His Evening Meal Photograph Acc. 615.2006	1937	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 7 3/8" (22.2 × 18.8 cm)	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Parlourmaid Preparing a Bath before Dinner Photograph Acc. 611.2006	c. 1937	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 11/16" (23 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Policeman in Bermondsey Photograph Acc. 17.2007	1938	Gelatin silver print, printed 1970s	9 1/16 × 7 13/16" (23 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the William Talbott Hillman Foundation
Barmaid at the Crooked Billet, Tower Hill Photograph Acc. 617.2006	1939	Gelatin silver print	8 1/8 × 6 7/8" (20.6 × 17.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Customers at the Crooked Billet, Tower Hill Photograph Acc. 618.2006	1939	Gelatin silver print	11 7/8 × 9 13/16" (30.1 × 24.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Girls in Shared Attic, Shoreditch Photograph Acc. 664.2012	1939	Gelatin silver print	11 11/16 × 9 15/16" (29.7 × 25.2 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger
Parlourmaid at a Window in Kensington Photograph Acc. 612.2006	c. 1939	Gelatin silver print	11 5/8 × 9 5/8" (29.6 × 24.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Ronald A. Kurtz
Prisoner in Cell at Wormwood Scrubs Photograph Acc. 199.1969	1939	Gelatin silver print	14 × 11 7/8" (35.6 × 30.2 cm)	Photography	Purchase
St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight Photograph Acc. 25.2010	1939	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 7 11/16" (23.9 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Crowded, Improvised Air-Raid Shelter in a Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel Photograph Acc. 369.2008	1940	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 6 7/16" (19.1 × 16.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of Richard O. Rieger
Liverpool Street Underground Station Shelter Photograph Acc. 665.2012	1940	Gelatin silver print	11 11/16 × 9 11/16" (29.7 × 24.6 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz in honor of Peter Galassi
Bombed Regency Staircase, Upper Brook Street, Mayfair Photograph Acc. 666.2012	c. 1942	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 5/8" (22.8 × 19.4 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Clarissa Alcock Bronfman
Deserted Street in Bloomsbury Photograph Acc. 667.2012	1942	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 13/16" (23.1 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard E. and Laura Salomon and Thomas L. Kempner, Jr.
In the Public Bar at Charlie Brown's, Limehouse Photograph Acc. 620.2006	c. 1942	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.8 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Purchase
In the Public Bar, at Charlie Brown's, Limehouse Photograph Acc. 140.1967	c. 1942	Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s	10 5/8 × 12 9/16" (27 × 31.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Outside a Soho Nightclub Photograph Acc. 668.2012	1942	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 5/16" (22.8 × 18.6 cm)	Photography	Agnes Rindge Claflin Fund
Packaging Post for the War Photograph Acc. 669.2012	c. 1942	Gelatin silver print	8 3/16 × 7 13/16" (20.8 × 19.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Mark Levine
Dylan Thomas and His Wife, Caitlin, in Their Room, Manresa Road, Chelsea Photograph Acc. 619.2006	1944	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 7 3/4" (23.3 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Carl Jacobs Fund
Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire Photograph Acc. 142.1967	1945	Gelatin silver print	12 9/16 × 10 9/16" (31.9 × 26.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Edith and Osbert Sitwell beneath the Family Group by Sargent, Renishaw Hall, Yorkshire Photograph Acc. 348.2010	1945	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Hampstead, London Photograph Acc. 370.2008	1945	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Haworth Churchyard Photograph Acc. 670.2012	1945	Gelatin silver print	8 15/16 × 7 11/16" (22.7 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jon L. Stryker
Peter Ustinov Photograph Acc. 671.2012	1945	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 11/16" (23 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Agnes Rindge Claflin Fund
Top Withens Photograph Acc. 50.1964	1945	Gelatin silver print	12 1/2 × 10 11/16" (31.8 × 27.2 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Top Withens, West Riding, Yorkshire Photograph Acc. 621.2006	1945	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 7 3/4" (23.3 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, and Richard E. and Laura Salomon
Giant's Causeway, Antrim Photograph Acc. 672.2012	1946	Gelatin silver print	8 9/16 × 7 3/8" (21.8 × 18.7 cm)	Photography	John Szarkowski Fund
Henry Moore in His Studio at Much Hadham, Hertfordshire Photograph Acc. 389.2012	1946	Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1965	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard E. and Laura Salomon
Norman Douglas, London Photograph Acc. 144.1967	1946	Gelatin silver print, printed 1950s	12 9/16 × 10 1/2" (32 × 26.6 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Rocks in the Bog near Lettermore, Connemera County, Galway Photograph Acc. 143.1967	1946	Gelatin silver print	8 15/16 × 7 5/8" (22.7 × 19.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
E.M. Forster in His Room at King's College, Cambridge Photograph Acc. 673.2012	1947	Gelatin silver print	8 11/16 × 7 1/2" (22 × 19 cm)	Photography	Vital Projects Fund, Robert B. Menschel
Gull's Nest, Late on Midsummer Night, Isle of Skye Photograph Acc. 100.1959	1947	Gelatin silver print	12 7/16 × 10 1/2" (31.6 × 26.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of Harper's Bazaar
Lord MacDonald's Forest, Skye Photograph Acc. 102.1959	1947	Gelatin silver print	12 3/4 × 10 1/2" (32.4 × 26.6 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Stonehenge under Snow Photograph Acc. 103.1959	1947	Gelatin silver print	12 3/8 × 10 11/16" (31.5 × 27.2 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Barbury Castle, Marlborough Downs, Wiltshire Photograph Acc. 674.2012	1948	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
London Photograph Acc. 622.2006	c. 1948	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 11/16" (23 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Thomas and Susan Dunn
Evelyn Waugh at Piers Court Photograph Acc. 675.2012	1949	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 7 5/16" (21.3 × 18.5 cm)	Photography	Geraldine J. Murphy Fund
The Boulting Brothers Photograph Acc. 676.2012	1949	Gelatin silver print	8 3/4 × 7 1/2" (22.2 × 19.1 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jon L. Stryker
The Reform Club, London Photograph Acc. 194.1969	1950	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	17 1/16 × 14 1/2" (43.4 × 36.8 cm)	Photography	Purchase
London Photograph Acc. 214.1969	1952	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	24 5/16 × 20 9/16" (61.7 × 52.2 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Reg Butler Photograph Acc. 677.2012	c. 1952	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 13/16" (22.8 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of the Peter Norton Family Foundation
Belgravia, London Photograph Acc. 624.2006	1953	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 7 3/4" (23.3 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard E. and Laura Salomon
London Photograph Acc. 678.2012	1953	Gelatin silver print	9 1/4 × 7 1/2" (23.5 × 19.1 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure in honor of Peter Galassi
Nude Photograph Acc. 623.2006	1953	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 13/16" (23.1 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Untitled Photograph Acc. 181.1962	1953	Gelatin silver print	13 7/16 × 11 5/16" (34.2 × 28.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 182.1962	1953	Gelatin silver print	13 9/16 × 11 3/8" (34.4 × 28.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
London Photograph Acc. 625.2006	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 3/4" (23.1 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Clarissa Alcock Bronfman, and Richard E. and Laura Salomon
London Photograph Acc. 18.2007	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 3/4" (23.1 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Richard O. Rieger
Nude, London Photograph Acc. 213.1969	1954	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	24 3/16 × 20 5/8" (61.4 × 52.4 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Vastérival Beach, Normandy Photograph Acc. 154.2008	1954	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 3/4" (23 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Campden Hill, London Photograph Acc. 626.2006	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 3/4" (23.2 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Rikki Conway
Portrait of a Young Girl, Eaton Place Photograph Acc. 215.2007	1955	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Ben Nicholson in His Studio at St. Ives, Cornwall Photograph Acc. 203.1969	1956	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	13 15/16 × 12 1/16" (35.4 × 30.7 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Campden Hill, London Photograph Acc. 627.2006	1956	Gelatin silver print	9 3/16 × 7 11/16" (23.3 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Hampstead, London Photograph Acc. 679.2012	1956	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
London Photograph Acc. 628.2006	1956	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 7/8" (23 × 20 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Charles Heilbronn
Nude, London Photograph Acc. 211.1969	1956	Gelatin silver print	24 1/4 × 20 9/16" (61.6 × 52.3 cm)	Photography	Purchase
East Sussex Coast Photograph Acc. 1637.2001	1957	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 13/16" (22.8 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Thomas Walther
Seaford, East Sussex Coast Photograph Acc. 19.2007	1957	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.5 cm)	Photography	Gift of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
East Sussex Coast Photograph Acc. 187.1962	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 1/16 × 11 5/16" (33.2 × 28.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
East Sussex Coast Photograph Acc. 189.1962	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 11 5/16" (33.9 × 28.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Taxo d'Aval, France Photograph Acc. 681.2012	1958	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 3/4" (23 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jon L. Stryker
Untitled Photograph Acc. 186.1962	1958	Gelatin silver print	13 1/4 × 11 3/8" (33.6 × 28.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Baie des Anges, France Photograph Acc. 629.2006	1959	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 3/4" (22.9 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of David Dechman and Michel Mercure
East Sussex Coast Photograph Acc. 188.1962	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 3/16 × 11 5/16" (33.5 × 28.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
London Photograph Acc. 184.1962	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 1/8 × 11 5/16" (33.4 × 28.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 190.1962	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 5/16 × 11 5/16" (33.9 × 28.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Untitled Photograph Acc. 185.1962	1959	Gelatin silver print	13 5/8 × 11 3/4" (34.6 × 29.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Georges Braque Photograph Acc. 632.2006	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 13/16" (23 × 19.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Henry Moore Photograph Acc. 633.2006	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7 13/16" (23.1 × 19.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Jean Arp Photograph Acc. 630.2006	1960	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 13/16" (23 × 19.9 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Jean Dubuffet Photograph Acc. 216.2007	1960	Gelatin silver print	8 3/8 × 7 1/4" (21.3 × 18.4 cm)	Photography	John Parkinson III Fund
Jean Dubuffet's Right Eye Photograph Acc. 215.1969	1960	Gelatin silver print	24 1/4 × 21 1/16" (61.6 × 53.5 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Sculpture by Barbara Hepworth Photograph Acc. 2673.1967	1960s	Gelatin silver print	16 1/2 × 13 7/8" (41.9 × 35.3 cm)	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
Harold Pinter, Battersea, London Photograph Acc. 682.2012	1961	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.9 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Gift of John-Paul Kernot
Franco Zeffirelli, Ennismore Gardens, London Photograph Acc. 683.2012	1962	Gelatin silver print	9 × 7 11/16" (22.8 × 19.6 cm)	Photography	Samuel J. Wagstaff, Jr. Fund
Avebury Monolith Photograph Acc. 2672.1967	1963	Gelatin silver print	17 15/16 × 14 15/16" (45.7 × 38 cm)	Photography	The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the artist
Cuckmere River, Sussex Photograph Acc. 684.2012	1963	Gelatin silver print	7 9/16 × 9 3/16" (19.2 × 23.4 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Jon L. Stryker
Francis Bacon Walking on Primrose Hill, London Photograph Acc. 216.1969	1963	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	16 15/16 × 14 9/16" (43.1 × 37 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Max Ernst Photograph Acc. 631.2006	1963	Gelatin silver print	9 1/16 × 7 3/4" (23 × 19.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of Edwynn Houk
Max Ernst, Paris Photograph Acc. 217.1969	1965	Gelatin silver print, printed 1969	17 3/16 × 14 3/4" (43.7 × 37.4 cm)	Photography	Purchase

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Bill Brandt are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 104 works attributed to Bill Brandt.

What medium did Bill Brandt primarily work in?

Based on MoMA's holdings, Bill Brandt's most represented medium is Photography.

What nationality is Bill Brandt?

Bill Brandt is catalogued as British in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Bill Brandt's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Bill Brandt span 1930 to 1965.