Edward Steichen.WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). Opened to the public in 1931, the museum actively supports American art through the purchase and exhibition of the work of living artists. Edward Steichen's work might look musty and overrefined these days, but there's no denying the influence of his switch from impressionist Pictorialism to crisp modernism, or the definitive elegance of his work in both styles, or his crusading, entrepreneurial spirit. By the time Steichen put down his camera in 1947 to become the first head of MOMA Moma (mō`mä), town, E central Mozambique. It is important mainly as a harbor for the export of tropical produce.'s department of photography, he'd cofounded 291, New York's inaugural photo and art gallery (with mentor Alfred Stieglitz) and landed a lucrative contract with Conde Nast. Much of the vintage work curator Barbara Haskell has gathered for this retrospective (the first major Steichen exhibition since 1961) was shot for Vogue and Vanity Fair--not to mention any number of grateful advertisers. Oct. 5, 200-Feb. 4, 2001. |
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