Background
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. was born on August 15, 1896, in New York, United States.
Art Students League
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. was born on August 15, 1896, in New York, United States.
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. educated at private schools, he studied sculpture at the Art Students League in New York in 1915. In 1921 he had enrolled in a class at the Clarence H. White School of Photography in New York City.
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. began photographing in 1917 while serving in the armed forces. He taught aesthetics and composition at the Clarence White School, and his photographs appeared first in Vanity Fair, then in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, among other publications.
In 1925 Paul Outerbridge, Jr. moved to Paris and became art director of Paris Vogue, establishing an advertising studio there as well. He returned to New York in 1929 and began experimenting in color photography, perfecting the three-color carbro process.
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. moved to Hollywood in 1943, then to Laguna Beach, where he set up a small commercial color portrait studio. He traveled widely, using his photographs to illustrate travel articles, and wrote an occasional column on color photography for U.S. Camera.
Having studied film briefly in Berlin in 1928, Paul Outerbridge, Jr. worked as set adviser for E.A. Dupont's film Variety in London.
Quotes from others about the person
Howard De Vree (New York Times) wrote of an exhibit of Outerbridge's work: "The printing is almost beyond reproach. The clarity of the still lifes, the truly sculptural quality of the figures, the lighting, and the compositional sense implicit in these photographs are altogether exceptional in the field".