Author

Publication

2019 - Yale University Press

Language

English

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL28704812M
  • ISBN-139780300226485
  • ISBN-100300226489
  • OCLC Control Number1048942381
  • Better World Books9780300226485

Classifications

  • LCCTR140.S7 R67 2019

Description

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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Other Editions

  • Alfred Stieglitz: Taking Pictures, Making PaintersYale University Press2019-01-01

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