Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946): Todays TML Arts Artist Birthday Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia OKeeffe. A vital force in the development of modern art in America, Alfred Stieglitzs significance lies as much in his work as an art dealer, exhibition organizer, publisher, and editor as it does in his career as a photographer. He is credited with spearheading the rise of modern photography in America in the early years of the twentieth century, publishing the periodical Camera Work (1903-17) and forming the exhibition society, the Photo-Secession. He also ran a series of influential galleries, starting with 291, which he used not only to exhibit photography, but also to introduce European modernist painters and sculptors to America and to foster Americas own modernist figures - including his later wife, Georgia OKeeffe. Insistent that photography warranted a place among the fine arts, Stieglitzs own work showed great technical mastery of tone and texture and reveled in exploring atmospherics. In later years, influenced in part by Cubism and other trends, he became interested in straight photography, favoring more clarity and less lush effects. (Edited from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Stieglitz and theartstory.org/artist-stieglitz-alfred.htm)
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