Alfred Stieglitz (Aperture Masters of Photography, No 6) - Softcover

Dorothy Norman (essay)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0893813095 ISBN 13: 9780893813093

Publisher: Aperture, 1989

Synopsis

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-46) is one of the most revered artists in the history of the photographic medium. Via his influential journal "Camera Work", which he edited and published from 1903 to 1917, and his galleries 291, The Intimate Gallery and An American Place, he championed, published and exhibited much of the best art, European and American, of the period. He also created his own outstanding body of photographic work and it is this which has firmly established his reputation as one of the great 20th-century artists.

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About the Author:

Born in 1864 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Alfred Stieglitz became interested in photography at an early age. In the 1890's, following his university education in Germany, he traveled and photographed extensively in Europe. After returning to the United States in 1890 to live in New York City, he championed photography as a modern art form and introduced new talents in European and American art such as Auguste Rodin, John Marin, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and Georgia O'Keeffe, whom he married in 1924. His influence on American art and photography was exercised through his editorship of magazines such as Camera Notes, Camera Work, 291, and MSS, and his founding and sponsorship of galleries such as "291," The Intimate Gallery, and An American Place. He died in New York in 1946.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aperture
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0893813095
• ISBN 13: 9780893813093
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96