Word: stieglitz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Once described as "an art dealer with the hairiest ears and the most positive opinions," Stieglitz has encouraged eccentric criticism by being not only a fine photographer and pioneering art dealer, but also a card...
...born in 1864 in Hoboken, N.J. Said Stieglitz last week: "What is important is that I was conceived April 1, 1863." Seven years later his father, a successful wool merchant, moved the family to Manhattan. When Alfred was 17 Papa Stieglitz packed him off to Germany to become an engineer. In Berlin young Alfred fell for photography...
...Stieglitz had gathered round him a small group of outstanding photographers including Clarence H. White, Gertrude Kasebier and Edward Steichen. They had a gallery in Steichen's home at 291 Fifth Avenue which became famous...
...Says Stieglitz: "It was in those Photo-Secession rooms that the ice was broken for modern art in America." This is no idle boast. Between 1908-16, 291 introduced for the first time to the U.S. the works of Rodin (drawings), Matisse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cezanne, Rousseau, Georgia O'Keeffe (whom Stieglitz married...
...Stieglitz opened another gallery, "An American Place," on Madison Avenue. Here for the first time photographs were hung side by side with paintings. Says Stieglitz: "Only innocence can breed a place like An American Place." Stieglitz is still convinced that he is innocent, is also convinced that he has a sense of humor. "Otherwise," says he, "I would have been dead long ago." Artist Benton does not agree. Says he: "Stieglitz has a mania for self-aggrandizement and his mouth is never shut. ... He never finds himself funny...