Luis Caballero (1943-1995)
Colombian-born artist combined desire and aesthetic beauty
http://miamibiennale.org/miami_biennale_luis_caballero.html
Nu de dos allongé / 1984 / Graphite on paper / 10.6”x14.6”
Gilbert & George (Gilbert Prousch b.1943 and George Passmore b.1942)
“It’s not a collaboration…We are two people, but one artist”
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1518
Fates / 2005 / 54 digital prints on paper with ink / 167 11/16”x299 3/16”
Cy Twombly (1928-2011) Iconic large-scale marks scribbled and smeared on raw canvas or linen
http://www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/en/cy_twombly/biography
Untitled [Gaeta] / 2007 / Acrylic, wax crayon, lead pencil on wooden panel / 99 1/4”x217 3/8”
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Artist, director and producer explored popular culture in his work
http://warholfoundation.org/legacy/biography.html
Flowers / 1964 / Offset lithograph / sheet: 22 13/16”x23 1/16″
Ruth Bernhard (1905-2006)
German-born American photographer shot almost exclusively in black-and-white
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bernhard
Doll’s Head / 1936 / Photographic print / 7 11/16”x 9 9/16”(image)
Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987)
Writer, artist, and illustrator associated with the Harlem Renaissance
https://ubuntubiographyproject.com/2017/07/01/richard-bruce-nugent/
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) English photographer, diarist, artist, and designer
http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10296/ten-things-you-might-not-know-about-cecil-beaton
Paul Cadmus (1904-1999 ) American artist who epitomized Magic Realism
http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-Ca-Fi/Cadmus-Paul.html
Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Pioneering American documentary photographer
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/05/10/berenice-abbott-pictures-jazz-age/
Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan / 1935 / Photograph / 23”x 18 1/8”
Betty Parsons (1900-1982)
Abstract painter and sculptor best known as a dealer of mid-century art
http://www.alexandergray.com/artists/betty-parsons
Erté (1892-1990) Russian-born French artist, illustrator, and designer
http://gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2013/12/erte.html
Masquerade / 1987 / Embossed serigraph with foil stamping on black paper / 28”x40”
Claude Cahun (1894-1954)
Startlingly original and enigmatic photographic images
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/obituaries/claude-cahun-overlooked.html
Biographies:
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum~ http://www.iphf.org/hall-of-fame/dorothea-lange/
PBS~ http://www.pbs.org/video/2365971488/
Three months after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the relocation of Japanese-Americans into armed camps in the West. Soon after, the War Relocation Authority hired [Dorothea Lange (1895-1965)] to photograph Japanese neighborhoods, processing centers, and camp facilities.
To capture the spirit of the camps, Lange created images that frequently juxtapose signs of human courage and dignity with physical evidence of the indignities of incarceration. Not surprisingly, many of Lange’s photographs were censored by the federal government, itself conflicted by the existence of the camps.
The true impact of Lange’s work was not felt until 1972, when the Whitney Museum incorporated twenty-seven of her photographs into Executive
Order 9066, an exhibit about the Japanese internment. New York Times critic A.D. Coleman called Lange’s photographs “documents of such a high order that they convey the feelings of the victims as well as the facts of the crime.”
FROM http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0013.html
National Archives~ https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/japanese-internment-75th-anniversary
National Park Service~ https://www.nps.gov/manz/learn/photosmultimedia/dorothea-lange-gallery.htm
“Charles was a designer with an eye for form. Ray was an artist with an eye for color. They complemented each other on projects like coat hangers, films, their namesake chairs, and large architectural projects. Through four decades of creative work, they revolutionized design and created an indelible mark on American History. The duo was not without faults, but the pair proved to be inseparable and inspirational. They were the Eameses.”
https://www.pastemagazine.com/design/charles-and-ray-eames/first-couple-of-design-charles-eames/
“Their partnership, which obliterated the distinctions between private and professional lives, inspired numerous contemporary working marriages…Charles and Ray, architect and artist, wanted to do everything — disciplinary boundaries meant nothing to them — and, by and large, succeeded.” https://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/1437/
Mathew Brady is often referred to as the father of photojournalism and is most well known for his documentation of the Civil War. His photographs, and those he commissioned, had a tremendous impact on society at the time of the war, and continue to do so today. He and his employees photographed thousands of images including battlefields, camp life, and portraits of some of the most famous citizens of his time including Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/mathew-brady
The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady~
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/
Fifteen officers of the 17th Regiment of Foot posed on a hill at camp, 1855
Photograph of Roger Fenton (1819-1869) dressed in traditional Zouave costume.
…the British government hired photographer Roger Fenton to travel to Crimea and create some of the first war photographs in history. He arrived in March 1855 and stayed for 3.5 months.
FROM https://mashable.com/2016/01/06/crimean-war/#JJZDNMTVAuqaWhile the sight of soldiers with a sketchbook as well as the occasional artist was not uncommon in the Crimea, the idea of a photographer ‘at the seat of war’ was new. Consequently, Fenton was pestered by troops wanting their ‘likeness’ taken, so much so that he noted he would ‘dread the sight of English officers riding up to my van’.
FROM http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/terrible-beautyThe Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1855
In the course of a single decade, Fenton had played a pivotal role—by advocacy and example—in demonstrating that photography could rival drawing and painting not only as a means of conveying information, but also as a medium of visual delight and powerful expression.
FROM https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rfen/hd_rfen.htm
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