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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution gertrude käsebier gertrudekäsebier new york armory show 1913 newyorkarmoryshow1913 worker working class workingclass archives of american art archivesofamericanart Description: Beach, Chester, 1881-1956 Creator/Photographer: Gertrude Käsebier Birth Date: 1852 Death Date: 1934 Gertrude Käsebier was among the first practicing women photographers to gain a level of fame and respect equal to her counterparts in the predominantly male circles of artistic photography. The American photographer first developed her artistic skills relatively later life, after raising three children. She then opened a studio in New York City, where some of her sitters included fellow Pictorialist photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Clarence White, with whom she founded the Photo-Secession movement. In 1900 Käsebier became the first woman elected to Britain's Linked Ring Brotherhood. Medium: Platinum print Dimensions: 21 cm x 16 cm Date: 1910 Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/chester-beach-1958 Repository: Archives of American Art Collection: Macbeth Gallery Records, c. 1890-1964 Accession number: aaa_macbgall_8907 Description: Beach, Chester, 1881-1956 Creator/Photographer: Gertrude Käsebier Birth Date: 1852 Death Date: 1934 Gertrude Käsebier was among the first practicing women photographers to gain a level of fame and respect equal to her counterparts in the predominantly male circles of artistic photography. The American photographer first developed her artistic skills relatively later life, after raising three children. She then opened a studio in New York City, where some of her sitters included fellow Pictorialist photographers Alfred Stieglitz and Clarence White, with whom she founded the Photo-Secession movement. In 1900 Käsebier became the first woman elected to Britain's Linked Ring Brotherhood. Medium: Platinum print Dimensions: 21 cm x 16 cm Date: 1910 Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/chester-beach-1958 Repository: Archives of American Art Collection: Macbeth Gallery Records, c. 1890-1964 Accession number: aaa_macbgall_8907 | ||||
