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Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen , 1879-1973, American photographer, b. Luxembourg, reared in Hancock, Mich. Steichen is credited with the transformation of photography into an art form. At 16, while apprenticed as a lithographer, he taught himself photography and painted in his spare time. Studying art in Paris, he... Read more |
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secession
secession in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. The artists of Munich formed a secession in 1892 that spread to other German cities. The Berlin Secession ... Read more |
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Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg 1878-1967, American poet and biographer, b. Galesburg, Ill. The son of poor Swedish immigrants, he left school at the age of 13 and became a day laborer. He served in the Spanish-American War and, after returning to Galesburg, attended Lombard College (now Knox College). In 1902 he... Read more |
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Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), American photographer, editor, and art gallery director, was a leader in the battle to win recognition for photography as an art. Alfred Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, N.J., on Jan. 1, 1864. In 1871 the family moved to New York City, where Stieglitz... Read more |
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Paul Strand
Paul Strand 1890-1976, American photographer, b. New York City. Strand studied under Lewis Hine , who introduced him to Alfred Stieglitz . At Stieglitz's famed "291" gallery, Strand had his first one-man exhibition (1916); the last two issues of Stieglitz's Camera Work (1917) were devoted... Read more |
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Forum Exhibition
Forum Exhibition (in full, Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters). An exhibition arranged in New York in 1916 by the critic Willard Huntington Wright with the support of the magazine The Forum, to which he was a regular contributor. The purpose of the exhibition was to pinpoint the best... Read more |
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Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley 1877-1943, American painter, b. Lewiston, Maine. He was educated in Cleveland, but early in his career (1899) went to New York City, where he studied under William Merritt Chase and at the National Academy of Design. In 1909 his landscapes were shown at the Stieglitz gallery.... Read more |
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Alvin Langdon Coburn
Alvin Langdon Coburn , 1882-1936, American photographer, b. Boston. Coburn began making photographs at eight and was one of the younger members of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession. Like others in the group, he was inspired to photograph the streets, parks, and buildings of New York City. He later... Read more |
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Waldo David Frank
Waldo David Frank 1889-1967 American author and activist whose ideology influenced many intellectuals. Once considered among the most influential of twentieth-century intellectuals, Waldo Frank is now largely forgotten. This is not for lack of writings; Frank wrote 14 novels, 18... Read more |
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Fisk University
Fisk University at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; founded 1865, opened 1866, and chartered 1867. It became a university in 1967. Fisk, long an outstanding African-American school, is open to all qualified students. It has affiliations with Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt Univ. (engineering... Read more |
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Steichen, Edward Jean
...the arts, including Stieglitz. During two years in...1902), he served as Stieglitz's representative and...day while working with Stieglitz to promote photography...portrait photographer, Steichen was also firmly entrenched...famous endeavor, The ... |
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Photography
...cheap postcards, and family “snap‐shot” albums...painterly work of Alfred Stieglitz, Gertrude Kasebier...The circle around Stieglitz brought photography into...curated by the Stieglitz‐acolyte Edward Jean Steichen. The exhibit presented... |
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Edward Steichen, Out of the Shadows
...Scrapbook" in the Edward Steichen Archive at New York...cooperation from several family members, making this...Alfred; Coburn was no Stieglitz either.) About Stieglitz, art historian Doris...his great artistry, Steichen never recorded so... |
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Measuring Steichen's multiple legacies
...Avenue in Manhattan. Steichen's pictorialist period...said. After the war, Steichen's lifelong interest...him. For purists like Stieglitz, Steichen was selling out to commercialism...famous show, "The Family of Man." Yet it is... |
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Stieglitz from every angle: two simultaneous exhibitions on Alfred Stieglitz...
...Born in 1864 to a family of recent German Jewish immigrants, Stieglitz had the seriousness...Musee d'Orsay about Stieglitz make it clear that Stieglitz's life can, historically...including Edward S. Steichen, Paul Strand and Charles... |
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Real Fantasies: Edward Steichen's Advertising Photography.
...melodramatic tableaux Steichen made for Scott Tissues...toilet tissue, Tracking Steichen's stylistic turns...friends like Alfred Stieglitz into enemies. Paul Strand also chastised Steichen for selling out and...blockbuster, "The Family of ... |
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Edward Steichen, Examined Through An Unflattering Lens
...from the 1955 "Family of Man" exhibition...the 45 shows Steichen organized near...photographer Alfred Stieglitz, leader of the...Paul Strand. Steichen's 1909 show...his last with Stieglitz. Having lost...of income--Steichen ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Getting the picture To photography pioneer Edward Steichen, the work of art...
...colleague, Alfred Stieglitz, is much better...partly because Stieglitz's romance with...a corrective: "Steichen: A Biography...of course, "The Family of Man," the photographic...World to Sing." Steichen's life coincided...a list led by ... |
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.(collection of photographs by Georgia O'Keeffe's late...
...explanation while Stieglitz's relationship...Hartley and Edward Steichen are detailed...devoted follower of Stieglitz who came to his...photo negatives from Stieglitz, and three homes. O'Keeffe's family sued and out of... |
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ALFRED STIEGLITZ.(Pasatiempo)
...exhibition of his work. Stieglitz (1864-1946) is so...field of photography, Stieglitz wielded enormous influence...Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Ansel...record $398,000.) Stieglitz's remarkable achievements...to-do German Jewish ... |
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Steichen The Painter
...Many remember Eduard Steichen best as creator of "Family of Man" (1955...of his long life, Steichen, who died at 94 in...and dealer Alfred Stieglitz. He later gained...now turns out that Steichen was also an extraordinary... |
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Edward Steichen's influence on a generation of eyes.(Features)(Ideas)
Edward Steichen was a major force...brilliant photographer, Steichen still would have...he and Edward Stieglitz were introducing...exhibition, titled "The Family of Man," bringing...photography and from Steichen's own photographs... |
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