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Nr. 158 (April 1910)
DOI Artikel:Gallatin, Albert E.: The paintings of Eduard J. Steichen
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19866#0225
Mr. Steichens Paintings
Copyright, 1903, by E. J. Sleichen, New York With permission oj The Photo-Secession
beethoven by eduard j. steichen
they should be seen to greatest advantage. En- Rodin, surrounded by his masterpieces, and in
cased in distorted frames of gleaming gold of the other prints. A. E. G.
commercial variety, surely half of their delicious
quality would escape. Nashville,Tenn.,has a wide-awake art associa-
We have here made note only of Mr. Steichen the tion, which has recently become a chapter of the
painter but perhaps to a larger audience he is known American Federation of Arts, says a writer in Art
as a brilliant exponent of the new photography, and Progress for March. Not only does this organ-
And certainly a stronger plea for the recognition ization provide lectures and musical entertainments
of photography among the arts has never been made for its members, but it endeavors to be of practical
than Mr. Steichen's marvelously spaced portraits, benefit to the community at large, arranging
so acute and compelling, of Watts, of Lenbach, of monthly loan exhibitions in the art room of the pub-
President Taft and of other subjects. Composition lie library, securing pictures for the public schools
and selection have certainly everything to say in and arousing interest in civic art. In June a com-
these amazing and subtle gradations of light prehensive exhibition, embracing painting, sculp-
and shade, as have they also in his studies of ture, the arts and crafts and architectural drawings
Rodin's Balzac, in his marvelous photograph of and photographs will be held under its auspices.
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Copyright, 1903, by E. J. Sleichen, New York With permission oj The Photo-Secession
beethoven by eduard j. steichen
they should be seen to greatest advantage. En- Rodin, surrounded by his masterpieces, and in
cased in distorted frames of gleaming gold of the other prints. A. E. G.
commercial variety, surely half of their delicious
quality would escape. Nashville,Tenn.,has a wide-awake art associa-
We have here made note only of Mr. Steichen the tion, which has recently become a chapter of the
painter but perhaps to a larger audience he is known American Federation of Arts, says a writer in Art
as a brilliant exponent of the new photography, and Progress for March. Not only does this organ-
And certainly a stronger plea for the recognition ization provide lectures and musical entertainments
of photography among the arts has never been made for its members, but it endeavors to be of practical
than Mr. Steichen's marvelously spaced portraits, benefit to the community at large, arranging
so acute and compelling, of Watts, of Lenbach, of monthly loan exhibitions in the art room of the pub-
President Taft and of other subjects. Composition lie library, securing pictures for the public schools
and selection have certainly everything to say in and arousing interest in civic art. In June a com-
these amazing and subtle gradations of light prehensive exhibition, embracing painting, sculp-
and shade, as have they also in his studies of ture, the arts and crafts and architectural drawings
Rodin's Balzac, in his marvelous photograph of and photographs will be held under its auspices.
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