(based on "20th Century Photography-Museum Ludwig Cologne")
Gertrude Kasebier
(From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia)
American portrait photographer Gertrude
Käsebier (née Stanton) (1852 - 1934) was a part of the PhotoSecession
movement along with Edward Steichen, Alvin Langdon Coburn and Clarence
Hudson White and a founder of the Pictorial Photographers of America.
While studying painting in her late thirties, she shifted her interests to
photography. With minimum professional training, she opened a studio in
1897, and used the proceeds to support her ill husband. She was a founding
member of the Photo-Secession group along with Alfred Stieglitz, who
printed several of her photographs in the first issue of his magazine
Camera Work.
Using relaxed poses in natural light, emphasizing the play of light and
dark, Kasebier let her subjects fill most of the frame. She was also noted
for her printing process and ability to produce images with a painterly
quality. She was the first woman to be in the Linked Ring and the founding
member of the Pictorial Photographers of America. Motherhood is a central
theme for her work.
The Visitor
1910
Girl with Large Hat
1895–1910
Dorothy, c1900
The Gerson Sisters
1906
Untitled (Woman trailing a shawl)
The Visitor
1910
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, 1902
Auguste Rodin in his Atelier
1905
George Benjamin Luks
Rose O'Neill, c1907
Harmony
1901
A Christmas Scene
The Picture Book, 1903
Lady with Mandolin in Garden
probably 1899
Girl in Satin Dress with Roses
Yoked and Muzzled – Marriage”, c1915
The Visitor
1910
Portrait of Francis Watts Lee
The Manger
1899
Portrait (Miss N.)
Indian Chief, c 1901
The Red Man, 1903
Portrait
Mother and Child, c.1900
Robert Henri, c. 1907
Discuss Art
Please note: site admin does not answer any questions. This is our readers discussion only.