Alfred Stieglitz : taking pictures, making painters / Phyllis Rose.

By:

Rose, Phyllis, 1942- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780300245332
0300245335

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alfred Stieglitz.DDC classification:

770.92 23

LOC classification:

TR140.S7 R67 2019eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Continental divide -- City of ambition -- The everlasting yea -- Creator of creators -- The man behind the woman -- Ripe apples.

Summary: Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his career is often overshadowed by his role as Georgia O'Keeffe's husband. This new book from celebrated biographer Phyllis Rose reconsiders Stieglitz as a revolutionary force in the history of American art. Born in New Jersey, Stieglitz later studied in Germany, where his father, a wool merchant and painter, insisted he would get a proper education. After returning to America, he became one of the first American photographers to achieve international fame. By the time he was sixty, he gave up photography and devoted himself to selling and promoting art. His first gallery, 291, was the first American gallery to show works by Picasso, Rodin, Matisse, and other great European modernists. His galleries were not dealerships so much as open universities, where he introduced European modern art to Americans and nurtured an appreciation of American art among American artists.

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Includes bibliographical references (page 227-248) and index.

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was an enormously influential artist and nurturer of artists even though his career is often overshadowed by his role as Georgia O'Keeffe's husband. This new book from celebrated biographer Phyllis Rose reconsiders Stieglitz as a revolutionary force in the history of American art. Born in New Jersey, Stieglitz later studied in Germany, where his father, a wool merchant and painter, insisted he would get a proper education. After returning to America, he became one of the first American photographers to achieve international fame. By the time he was sixty, he gave up photography and devoted himself to selling and promoting art. His first gallery, 291, was the first American gallery to show works by Picasso, Rodin, Matisse, and other great European modernists. His galleries were not dealerships so much as open universities, where he introduced European modern art to Americans and nurtured an appreciation of American art among American artists.

Continental divide -- City of ambition -- The everlasting yea -- Creator of creators -- The man behind the woman -- Ripe apples.

In English.

Print version record.

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