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Gloria Kirby was born in Nice, France, on April 19, 1926. She is a renowned photographer who has been active in the industry since the 1950s. She is best known for her work in fashion and portrait photography.
Kirby began her career as a fashion photographer in the 1950s, working for magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Elle. She has also worked with some of the world's most famous models, including Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, and Veruschka.
Kirby has also worked as a portrait photographer, capturing the likenesses of some of the world's most famous people, including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones.
Kirby has been honored with numerous awards throughout her career, including the Prix Nadar in 1965 and the Grand Prix National de la Photographie in 1975.
Kirby is currently 91 years old and has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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Galerist, art collector and photographer |
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91 years old |
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Aries |
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19 April 1926 |
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19 April |
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Nice, France |
| Date of death |
2017 - Tangier, Morocco Tangier, Morocco |
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Tangier, Morocco |
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France |
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Gloria Kirby Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Gloria Kirby Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Gloria Kirby worth at the age of 91 years old? Gloria Kirby’s income source is mostly from being a successful photographer. She is from France. We have estimated
Gloria Kirby's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
She was a friend of the writer and composer Paul Bowles, and established the original Paul Bowles room (in 2010 it was expanded to three rooms, now named the Paul Bowles Wing) with her acquired photographs, furniture and documents dedicated to Bowles at the American Legation, Tangier.
Gloria Kirby began collecting art in 1970 and her collection had more than a thousand works by international artists, including works by Rafael Bartolozzi, Claudio Bravo, Darío Villalba, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, Pablo Runyan, Rafael Cidoncha, José Paredes Jardiel, Armando Pedrosa, Roberto González Fernández, Zush, Daniel Garbade, José Hernández, Juan Muñoz, Luis Gordillo, Juan Giralt, Antoni Mutadas, Joan Hermández Pijuan, Jordy Texidor, Ceseepe, Costus and Miquel Navarro.
Gloria Kirby lived in France and studied in the United States. In 1965 she moved to Madrid where she met Fernando Vijande. Together they founded the Vandrès Gallery. The careful selection of artists and the boldness to present avant-garde exhibitions during the Franco regime made the Gallery well known. Times where difficult and they were denounced for their exhibition of Erotic art: "Eros and current art in Spain" in 1970, but fortunately they won the case with help personalities of Madrid's Art scene, such as gallery owners Elvira González and Juana Mordó. Franco's censorship closed the collective exhibition "La Paloma" with works in homage to Pablo Picasso in which artist Alfredo Alcaín exhibited a naked doll; the exhibit was reopened a few days later, after the doll was dress up with some panties. In 1980 the Vandrés Gallery was chosen as the main provider for the exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum about Spanish art: New Images From Spain (1980), curated by Margit Rowell. Kirby closed the Gallery in 1980, and Fernando Vijande reopened a Gallery under his own name in a garage in 1981.
Gloria Price Kirby, (Nice, France, April 19, 1928 – Tangier, Morocco, 2017) was an American gallerist, art collector and photographer, she founded the Vandrés Gallery in Madrid.
Gloria Kirby was the granddaughter of Fred Morgan Kirby, the founder of the F. M. Kirby & Co. 5 & 10-cent Store chain,. and a philanthropist. Kirby's company was a major rival of the much larger F. W. Woolworth & Co. and the two businesses merged in 1912. Fred Kirby then became a Vice President of the F. W. Woolworth & Co., which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Gloria Kirby was the daughter of Doris Landy Wayland and Sumner Moore Kirby (1885 -1945) who died in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Summer Moore Kirby married his third wife in 1934, Leonida Georgievna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia and mother of Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, head of the imperial Romanovs. Gloria Kirby married in 1948 Robert St Clair Conahay III (1923-1984), they had three children: Richard Conahay, Cassandra Kirby-Conahay and Robert Conahay IV (1949 - 1979).
