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James Van Der Zee

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

James Van Der Zee 1886-1983, American photographer, b. Lenox, Mass. The son of Ulysses S. Grant's maid and butler, Van Der Zee opened his first studio in Harlem, New York City, in 1915. For 60 years, working in obscurity, he made a visual record of Harlem life unsurpassed in scope and detail. In 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art discovered Van Der Zee's remaining 40,000 prints and negatives and displayed many of them in its "Harlem on My Mind" exhibit (1969). Bibliography: See monograph by L. de Cock and R. McGhee (1973). Author not available, VAN DER ZEE, JAMES. , ... Read more

Mason, James
MASON, James Nationality: British. Born: James Neville Mason in Huddersfield, Yorkshire...Flying Dutchman (Lewin) (as Hendrick van der Zee); The Desert Fox (Hathaway) (as...Klugermann); Georgy Girl (Narizzano) (as James Leamington); The Deadly Affair... Read more

Bresson, Robert
...xE0; Sceaux, Paris. Family: Married 1) Leidia van der Zee, 1926 (deceased); 2) Myline van der Mersch. Career: Attempted career as painter...Semolve Robert Bresson , Flemmarion, 1993. Quandt, James, Robert Bresson , Indiana University Press, 1999... Read more

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	Capturing The Beauty Of Blackness ; ...works of the great photographer James Van Der Zee remind you that, even if what you...picture is woefully incomplete. Van Der Zee chronicled New York's black community...of blacks as entertainers. The Van Der Zee exhibit is one of the few places... Read more
	Honors for nationally recognized local Black artists ; ...celebrated during this weekend's 2003 James Van Der Zee Awards and Gala. The newly opened...Al Loving and Moe Brooker. The James Van Der Zee Award was established in 1976...executive director Allen Edmunds. Van Der Zee was an early associate of ... Read more
	Brandywine Workshop honors 3 visual artists ; ...Searles during last weekend's James Van Der Zee Awards and Annual Gala held...Lifetime Achievement Award. The James Van Der Zee Award was established in 1976...honor the legacy of photographer James Van Der Zee, but it's also to recognize... Read more
	Quartet performs ; ...with a flourish in the shape of the Tasman String Quartet. The group was formed in 2006 by Anna van der Zee, James Andrewes, Christiaan van der Zee, and Miranda Wilson, four young New Zealanders who had recently returned to New Zealand following... Read more
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