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1879 Luxembourg - 1973 W. Redding, Connecticut. Known for: Photography, landscape painting, nocturnes.
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most important figures in the . history of photography. During his active career, which lasted over half the . life span of photography, he was renowned as... Read full biography
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most important figures in the . history of photography. During his active career, which lasted over half the . life span of photography, he was renowned as an artist, fashion photographer, curator, writer, and technical innovator. He was also a passionate... Read full biography
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most important figures in the . history of photography. During his active career, which lasted over half the . life span of photography, he was renowned as an artist, fashion photographer, curator, writer, and technical innovator. He was also a passionate advocate for photography as an art form, and led, along with Alfred Stieglitz, an aesthetic revolution that enabled photography to be considered as a medium capable of interpretation and expression,... Read full biography
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most important figures in the . history of photography. During his active career, which lasted over half the . life span of photography, he was renowned as an artist, fashion photographer, curator, writer, and technical innovator. He was also a passionate advocate for photography as an art form, and led, along with Alfred Stieglitz, an aesthetic revolution that enabled photography to be considered as a medium capable of interpretation and expression, and not as a mere documentary record of visual facts. Steichen took up photography in 1895, at the age of sixteen, and was self-taught. During his early career, around the turn of the century, he was associated with a style of photography known as... Read full biography
Edward Steichen (1879-1973) is one of the most important figures in the . history of photography. During his active career, which lasted over half the . life span of photography, he was renowned as an artist, fashion photographer, curator, writer, and technical innovator. He was also a passionate advocate for photography as an art form, and led, along with Alfred Stieglitz, an aesthetic revolution that enabled photography to be considered as a medium capable of interpretation and expression, and not as a mere documentary record of visual facts. Steichen took up photography in 1895, at the age of sixteen, and was self-taught. During his early career, around the turn of the century, he was associated with a style of photography known as Pictorialism. Pictorialists felt that the aesthetic promise of photography lay in an emulation of painting. Steich... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Photography as Fine Art
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
- •Tonalist, Tonalism
Art Subject
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •New York City
- •Nocturnes, Nightime Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Lake George, New York
- •Long Island, New York
Art Association
- •Art Students League of Milwaukee, Founder/Early Member
- •Salons of America
- •Society of American Artists in Paris
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art School
- •Academie Julian, Paris, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Millwaukee Art Students League, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Mural Specialty
- •Nocturne Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Little Galleries of Photo Secession 291, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Louisiana Purchase Expo, St. Louis World's Fair 1904
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •"Family of Man" Photo Exhibition, MOMA
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts