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Edward Steichen
American
1879–1973
March 27, 1879 |
Born
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Luxembourg |
1880–89 |
The Steichen family lives in Hancock, Michigan
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Hancock |
1894–1900 |
Apprentices at the American Fine Art Company, a lithographic firm
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Milwaukee |
1895 |
Buys a Kodak Detective Camera and a Primo folding 4 x 5 cm view camera, and begins making and selling photographic portraits
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Milwaukee |
1896 |
Organizes and becomes president of the Milwaukee Art Students' League
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Milwaukee |
1896 |
Begins exhibiting his paintings in a department store, and his photographs at salons
Participant: Edward Steichen
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Philadelphia Chicago |
1900 |
Edward Steichen visits Alfred Stieglitz on the recommendation of Clarence White; Stieglitz purchases three photographs by Steichen
At location: Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
1900 |
The New School of American Photography, organized by F. Holland Day, at the Royal Photographic Society
Participant: Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen
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London |
April 15–November 12, 1900 |
Exposition universelle
Visitor: Edward Steichen
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Paris |
1900–02 |
Studies painting at Académie Julian
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Paris |
1901 |
Meets Auguste Rodin; attends weekly gatherings in Meudon
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Meudon |
1902 |
Befriends F. Holland Day; learns the gum bichromate process, popular at that time in the Photo-Club de Paris
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Paris |
1902 |
Solo exhibition at La Maison des Artistes
Participant: Edward Steichen
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Paris |
March 1902 |
American Pictorial Photography: Arranged by the Photo-Secession at the National Arts Club
Participant: Edward Steichen
Organizer: Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
1902–05 |
Opens a commercial studio at 291 Fifth Avenue
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New York |
1903 |
Third San Francisco Photographic Salon, at the Mark Hopkins Institute
Brigman and members of the New York Photo-Secession group become acquainted with each other through this exhibition.
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San Francisco |
April 1903 |
Camera Work issue no. 2 is dedicated to Edward Steichen's work
Contributor: Edward Steichen
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New York |
1905–17 |
Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen establish the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession at 291 Fifth Avenue
Steichen moves his studio to 293 Fifth Avenue and designs the interiors of the new gallery at 291. The gallery exhibits modern art by European and American artists.
At location: Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
November–December 1905 |
Inaugural exhibition of the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession
Participant: Edward Steichen
Organizer: Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
1906–13 |
Lives in Paris and Voulangis
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Voulangis Paris |
March 7–April 5, 1906 |
Solo exhibition at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession
Participant: Edward Steichen
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New York |
April 1906 |
Camera Work issue no. 14 is dedicated to Edward Steichen's work
Contributor: Edward Steichen
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New York |
1907 |
Writes an article on the autochrome process for Camera Work; exhibits autochromes at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in November
Participant: Edward Steichen
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New York |
March–April, 1907 |
Constantin Brancusi works as Auguste Rodin's assistant and meets Edward Steichen
At location: Constantin Brancusi, Edward Steichen
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Paris |
1908 |
Attends a presentation by the Lumière brothers on the autochrome process
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Paris |
1909–10 |
Anne Brigman travels to New York, where she visits Alfred Stieglitz and meets Clarence White, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen, and Gertrude Käsebier
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New York |
November 3–December 1, 1910 |
International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography, at Albright Art Gallery
Organizer: Alvin Langdon Coburn, Alfred Stieglitz
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Buffalo |
1911 |
Takes first fashion photographs of gowns by designer Paul Poiret for Art et décoration
Contributor: Edward Steichen
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Paris |
March 9–May 18, 1913 |
Salon des Indépendants
Edward Steichen purchases Constantin Brancusi's bronze, Maiastra
Participant: Constantin Brancusi
Visitor: Edward Steichen
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Paris |
April/July 1913 |
Camera Work nos. 42/43, a double issue, is dedicated to Edward Steichen's work
Contributor: Edward Steichen
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New York |
1913–17 |
Lives in New York; pursues work as a photojournalist
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New York |
Late 1914 |
Constantin Brancusi stays at Edward Steichen's house due to the outbreak of war
At location: Constantin Brancusi, Edward Steichen
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Voulangis |
1917–18 |
Recruited as a first liutenant in the Army Signal Corps' Photographic Section of the Air Service, Aerial Photography Division; promoted to chief and major in 1918
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Paris |
1922–73 |
Lives in New York
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New York |
1923–37 |
Chief photographer at Condé Nast; makes fashion and celebrity photographs for Vogue and Vanity Fair
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New York |
1927 |
Lee Miller models for Vogue photographers Georges Lepape, Edward Steichen, Arnold Genthe, and Nickolas Muray
At location: Edward Steichen, Lee Miller
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New York |
May 18–July 7, 1929 |
Internationale Ausstellung des Deutschen Werkbunds Film und Foto (FiFo) at Städtische Ausstellungshallen
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich Im Lichthof des Ehemaligen Kunstgewerbemuseums, Prinz-Albrechs-Strasse 7, Berlin Stadtmuseum, Danzig Österreichisches Museum, Vienna Agram, Zagreb Münchner Bund/Verein Ausstellungspark München E.V. (as part of Internationale Ausstellung. Das Lichtbild), Munich Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo Asahi Shimbun, Osaka
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Max Burchartz, Florence Henri, André Kertész, Germaine Krull, Helmar Lerski, El Lissitzky, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Walter A. Peterhans, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Hans Richter, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Umbo (Otto Umbehr), Edward Weston, Lucia Moholy, Werner Rohde, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gustav Klutsis, Karl Blossfeldt, Heinz Loew, Erich Comeriner, Semyon Fridlyand, Roman Karmen, Eli Lotar, Oskar Nerlinger, Robert Petschow, Sasha Stone, Dziga Vertov, Yva (Else Simon), Willy Zielke, Irene Bayer-Hecht, Hans Finsler, Cami Stone
Organizer: El Lissitzky, László Moholy-Nagy, Hans Richter, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston, Dziga Vertov
Visitor: Alexander Hackenschmied
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Stuttgart |
November 1930 |
Photography 1930, organized by Lincoln Kerstein, at the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art
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Cambridge |
May 3–31, 1932 |
Murals by American Painters and Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
July 27–September 7, 1932 |
Twenty-seven Photographers at Wertheim Gallery
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London |
October–November 1932 |
First National Exhibition of Photographs for Commerce, Industry and Science, at the Art Center
Participant: Anton Bruehl, Edward Steichen
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New York |
May 27–November 12, 1933 |
Century of Progress International Photographic Salon at the Chicago Camera Club
Korth is the official photographer of the exposition.
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Chicago |
1934 |
Begins serving on the selection committee for the U.S. Camera annuals
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New York |
Mid-late 1930s |
Anton Bruehl and Edward Steichen are contributing editors at U.S. Camera
Contributor: Anton Bruehl, Edward Steichen
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New York |
1934 |
Group exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Cleveland |
January 16–March 1, 1936 |
Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
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Paris |
June 24–July 1, 1936 |
Edward Steichen's Delphiniums at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Edward Steichen
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New York |
March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
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New York |
December 31, 1940–January 12, 1941 |
Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Aesthetics at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
1942–46 |
Lieutenant Commander in the Unites States Naval Reserve for naval photography and publicity; promoted to captain and Director of the Navy Photographic Institute in 1945
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New York |
April 1943 |
Lisette Model and Edward Steichen meet
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District of Columbia |
July 2–October 31, 1943 |
Road to Victory, curated by Edward Steichen, at The Museum of Modern Art
Designer: Herbert Bayer
Organizer: Edward Steichen
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New York |
January 23–March 20, 1945 |
Power in the Pacific: Battle Photographs of our Navy in Action on the Sea and in the Sky at the The Museum of Modern Art
Organizer: Edward Steichen
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New York |
June 20, 1945–June 23, 1946 |
The Museum Collection of Photographs at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
1947–62 |
Appointed Director of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
June 10–August 31, 1947 |
Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
July 27–September 26, 1948 |
50 Photographs by 50 Photographers at The Museum of Modern Art
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New York |
September 29–November 28, 1948 |
Photo Secession (American Photography 1902–1910) at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Anne W. Brigman, Alvin Langdon Coburn, George H. Seeley, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz
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New York |
1950 |
What Is a Modern Photograph? symposium at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Charles Sheeler
Organizer: Edward Steichen
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New York |
1952 |
Edward Steichen visits August Sander to choose prints for the Family of Man exhibition
At location: August Sander, Edward Steichen
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Windeck |
January 24–May 8, 1955 |
The Family of Man at The Museum of Modern Art
Organizer: Edward Steichen
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New York |
March 25, 1973 |
Dies
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New York |