Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. While at the University of Washington, Cunningham was inspired by the work of Gertrude Käsebier to take up photogrphy. After... Read full biography
Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. While at the University of Washington, Cunningham was inspired by the work of Gertrude Käsebier to take up photogrphy. After gradating in 1907, she went to work with Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio. After further study in... Read full biography
Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. While at the University of Washington, Cunningham was inspired by the work of Gertrude Käsebier to take up photogrphy. After gradating in 1907, she went to work with Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio. After further study in Dresden at the Technische Hochschule, she returned to Seattle and opened a photography studio. She became a sought after photographer and exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913.... Read full biography
Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. While at the University of Washington, Cunningham was inspired by the work of Gertrude Käsebier to take up photogrphy. After gradating in 1907, she went to work with Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio. After further study in Dresden at the Technische Hochschule, she returned to Seattle and opened a photography studio. She became a sought after photographer and exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913. She married artist Roi Partridge and moved to San Francisco in 1920. During the 1930s she contributed work for Vanity Fair and in the 1940s taught at the California School of Fine Arts. Cunningham was a nationally-known photographer at the time of her... Read full biography
Imogen Cunningham was born in Portland, Oregon on April 12, 1883. While at the University of Washington, Cunningham was inspired by the work of Gertrude Käsebier to take up photogrphy. After gradating in 1907, she went to work with Edward S. Curtis in his Seattle studio. After further study in Dresden at the Technische Hochschule, she returned to Seattle and opened a photography studio. She became a sought after photographer and exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1913. She married artist Roi Partridge and moved to San Francisco in 1920. During the 1930s she contributed work for Vanity Fair and in the 1940s taught at the California School of Fine Arts. Cunningham was a nationally-known photographer at the time of her demise in San Francisco on June 24, 1976. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Nearly 20,000 biographies can be... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (7)
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Cult of the Machine: Precisionism and American Art (De Young and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) (Exhibition catalog)
2018
Canterbury, Sue and Adrian Daub
244 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2016
Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
Encounters: Photography from the Sheldon Museum of Art
2013
Ruud, Brandon K. (Editor); Jorge Daniel Veneciano (Introduction)
242 pages (color)
A Legacy of Giving: The Anna and Frank Hall Collection (The Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) (Exhibition catalog)
2012
Embury, Stuart; Brandon K. Ruud; Norman Geske; Jorge Daniel Veneciano, Introduction
80 pages (color)
In Real Life: Six Women Photographers
2000
Sills, Leslie and Lola Alvarez Bravo
80 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…