Peter Pollack papers, 1945-1978.

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1899-1979

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Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer, monologist, and actress. Born on either May 30, 1899 or 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, Skinner was the daughter of actors Otis Skinner and Maud Durbin. Skinner attended Bryn Mawr College, but left during her sophomore year to move to Paris, where she attended the Sorbonne and studied acting at the Jacques Copeau School and the Comedie Francaise. Skinner began her acting career in 1921, debuting as Dona Sarasate in the stage adapt...

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973

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Edward Jean Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973), was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator. His were the photographs that most frequently appeared in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its publication from 1903 to 1917. Steichen laid claim to his photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911, being the first modern fashion photographs ever published. Steichen used his talents in the military in ...

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006

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A versatile and prolific artist, Gordon Parks, Sr., warrants his status as a cultural icon. The poet, novelist, film director, and preeminent documentary and fashion photographer was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the youngest of fifteen children. Parks saw no reason to stay in Kansas after the death of his mother and moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, at age sixteen to live with his sister. After a disagreement with his brother-in-law, Parks soon found himself homeless, supporting...

Penn, Irving

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Irving Penn (b. 1917) is a commercial and fine arts photographer. In addition to fashion and portrait photography, much of it commissioned by Vogue, his oeuvre includes ethnographic studies, still lifes, nudes, and advertising works. From the description of Irving Penn paper archives, 1939-1997. (Art Institute of Chicago). WorldCat record id: 79003191 Penn, Irving. American Photographer. Born: Plainfield, New Jersey, June 16, 1917. Education: Studied design, under Alexey Bro...

Pollack, Peter, 1909-1978

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Photographer, curator, historian, writer; New York, N.Y. From the description of Peter Pollack papers, 1939-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78335707 American photographer and photojournalist, writer and lecturer, 1911-1979; Curator of Photography, Art Institute of Chicago, 1945-1957; Director, American Federation of the Arts, 1962-1964. Author: The Picture History of Photography, 1970; Understanding Primitive Art, 1968. From the description of Peter Pollack ...

Kazan, Elia

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American film director. From the description of Carbon copy of a typed letter : place not specified, to Darryl [Zanuck], undated [1952 Jan. or Feb.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778505876 American film producer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [John Steinbeck], undated [1948]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777247890 From the description of Preservation photocopy of a typed letter : place not specified, to John Stein...

Doisneau, Robert.

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

Kepes, György (1906-2001).

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Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) was a painter and educator from Cambridge, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1972 Mar. 7-1973 Jan. 11 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596647 From the description of Oral history interview with Gyorgy Kepes, 1968 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477499 Gyorgy Kepes; artist and aesthetic theorist; born 1906 in Selyp, Hungary; taught at New Bauhaus in Chicago and at Massachuse...

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

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American poet and critic. Winner of Avery and Jule Hopwood Award in poetry, 1939. Professor of English at Harvard, 1946-48, and Rutgers, 1953-61. From the description of Letter, 1980 Feb. 4, Key West, Fla., to Henry F. Pommer, Ripon, Wis. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364896 Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Full name: John Anthony Ciardi. From the description of John Ciardi papers, 1910-1997 (bulk 1960-1985). (Unknown). W...

Caponigro, Paul, 1932-....

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Caponigro, Paul. American Photography. Born: Boston, December 7, 1932. Education: Attended high school in Boston, 1946-50; studied piano, College of Music, Boston University, 1950-51; studied photography, with Benjamin Chin and Alfred W. Richter, at California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, 1956, and with Minor White, at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 1957-58. Military Service: Served as photographer in the United States Army, 1953-55. Family: Married Eleanor Morris in 1964; s...

Karsh, Yousuf, 1908-2002

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Schaffner earned his Harvard AB 1917. He served Harvard as a member of the Committee to Visit the Harvard College Library and as a donor of books. From the description of Joseph Schaffner, ca. 1955. ca. 1955. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 228509808 From the description of Joseph Schaffner, ca. 1955. ca. 1955. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77068627 Yousuf Karsh, an Armenian Turk who emigrated to Canada in 1918, is known for his formal portrait...

Mayne, Roger, 1942-

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Capa, Cornell

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Cosindas, Marie, 1925-

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Duncan, David Douglas.

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White, Minor

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Minor White, b. 1908; d. 1976, Photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Minor White, 1973 Mar. 30-1973 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397616 Photographer. Born 1908, died 1976. From the description of Minor White interviews, 1973 Mar. 30-May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220190957 Minor White (1908-1976) was a photographer from Rochester, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Minor W...

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993

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Beaumont Newhall, the founder of the art history of photography, was the first Curator of Photography at MOMA and then at George Eastman House. He authored numerous books, articles and reviews about photography. From the description of Beaumont and Nancy Newhall papers, 1843-1993. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79626249 Beaumont Newhall (1908-1993) was an art administrator and art historian from Rochester, N.Y. From the description of Oral histor...

Eisenstaedt, Alfred

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Eisenstaedt was a German-American photographer and photojournalist. He worked for Life Magazine and is best known for capturing the V-J Day celebration in Times Square. From the description of Photograph with commentary, ca. 1980s. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 706807112 b. 1898; d. 1995. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80307824 ...

Lartigue, Jean.

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Brassaï, 1899-1984.

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French photographer. From the description of Letters : to Timothy Seldes, 1973-1975. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83780611 ...

Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995

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Callahan, Harry M.

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Self-taught American photographer, known also as an instructor (Art Institute of Chicago, Rhode Island School of Design). His work frequently depicts the dichotomies in nature, with light and shadow, and positive and negative space forming as much of the image as solid objects. From the description of Harry Callahan Collection. 1946-1978. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122632973 Callahan, Harry. American Ph...

Cartier-Bresson, Henri, 1908-2004

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Husband of Martine Franck. From the description of Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1969-1988. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212020979 Photographer. From the description of Letters : Paris, 1964. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82218283 The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) was a conflict between the newly-elected left-leaning government of the Spanish Republic and its supporters and the (ultimately ...

Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980

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Cecil Beaton, theatrical designer, won the 1960 Tony Award for costume design for his work on SARATOGA. He was also nominated for best scenic designer for the same production. From the guide to the Costume designs for Saratoga, 1959, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) B. in London, 1904;d. January 18, 1980. From the description of Cecil Beaton : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 539084703 Eng...

Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999

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d. February 18, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 82401911 ...

Weston, Brett

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American photographer and sculptor, 1911-1993. From the description of Brett Weston : Artist File. (International Center of Photography). WorldCat record id: 680714885 ...