Heinrich kuhn

Houston is the only U.S. venue for the first major retrospective devoted to Austrian photographer and scientist Heinrich Kühn. An important figure in the international Pictorialist movement of the early 1900s, Kühn (1866–1944) is closely linked to Americans Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen. The Pictorialists elevated photography from a strictly commercial venture to an accepted artistic medium, and in his early photographs Kühn created the atmospheric effects of Impressionist paintings…

Heinrich Kühn 'Roses', Tyrol, 1906.

Artist Bio: Gertrude Kasebier was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 18, 1852. Guided by Alfred Stieglitz into the “Photo Secession” movement, she has made her mark on photography with a keen eye for the feminine and domestic in pictorial photography. In 1864 Gertrude’s family relocated to Brooklyn, New York. She was married in 1874. From 1889-1896 she was a homemaker, after which she studied painting at the Pratt Institute. Soon she shifted to photography and was quickly recognized for her…

Heinrich Kuhn - Girl with mirror 1906

The rise of photography in the mid-late 19th-century began the move away from an oral and literary tradition towards one based on image. A photograph can describe a moment in time more viscerally than the written word. Think of that picture of Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. A million words have been written … Continue reading "The Astonishing Cinematic Autochrome Photography of Heinrich Kühn"

Heinrich Kühn. Alfred Stieglitz. 1904. Alfred Stieglitz. Platinum print. 10 1/16 × 8 1/8" (25.5 × 20.7 cm). Gift of Edward Steichen. 81.1964. Photography

Works by Heinrich Kühn: Lotte and Miss Mary, Mountain View, 1910 , Lady in White in the Landscape, Study in Tones (Innsbruck), C. 1910 , The Kühn Children, c. 1910 , Mary in a White Dress, 1907 , Hans In a Meadow, C. 1906 , Lotte and Her Nurse, Gummidruck,...

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