1852–1934 · United States · Photographer
Gertrude Kasebier
Soft-focus Pictorialist portraits of mothers, children and sitters at rest.
The Manger, 1899Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1899–1984 · FRANCE
Brassai
Night photographs of Paris streets, bars and nightlife.
- Born
- 1899
- Died
- 1984
- Country
- France
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1933Paris de nuit
- 1961Graffiti
WHY THEY MATTER
One-man show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1948, followed by further MoMA exhibitions; held by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Rijksmuseum.
THE LIFE
Brassai was the pseudonym of Gyula Halasz, a Hungarian who made his name in Paris between the wars. He photographed the city by night, its streets, cafes and nightlife. He also worked as a sculptor, writer and filmmaker. The Museum of Modern Art gave him a solo show in 1948 and exhibited him again in later decades.
Also born in 1850–1899
1857–1927 · France · Photographer
Eugene Atget
Patient, empty-street records of old Paris before modernisation.
Avenue des Gobelins, 1927Source: Wikipedia
1864–1946 · United States · Photographer
Alfred Stieglitz
From Pictorialism to sharp modernism, with a deep belief in photography as art.
The Steerage, 1907Source: Wikipedia
1874–1940 · United States · Photographer
Lewis Hine
Direct, dignified portraits of working children and labourers.
Young Doffers in the Elk Cotton Mills, 1910Source: Wikipedia
1876–1964 · Germany · Photographer
August Sander
Typological portraits of every class and trade, frontal and calm.
Face of Our Time (Antlitz der Zeit), 1929Source: Wikipedia
1879–1973 · United States · Photographer
Edward Steichen
Painterly early work, then glossy modern fashion and celebrity portraits.
The Flatiron, 1904Source: Wikipedia