Alfred Stieglitz was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1864, and schooled as an engineer in German. Alfred Stieglitz returned to New York in 1890 determined to prove that photography was a medium as capable of artistic expression as painting or sculpture. He was a photographer and modern art promoter in making photography an accepted art form. Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century. "Photography is not an art. Neither is painting, nor sculpture, literature or music. They are only different media for the individual to express his aesthetic feelings… here's one of his quotes that I think really shows what I wanted to do and what kind of man he was :"You do not have to be a painter or a sculptor to be an artist. You may be a shoemaker. You may be creative as such. And, if so, you are a greater artist than the majority of the painters whose work is shown in the art galleries of today."
2. Choose a photograph he made, upload it to your blog, and explain why you chose it as your favorite by him.
Wet Day on the Boulevard, 1894,
I really like this photo because I like the prospective and the position form where the picture has been taken. I like how the background is light and foggy. I like how the light reflect on the water that is on the street, creating almost a mirror that reflect the building on the left corner. I like the charriots in the middle-ground. I like the empty space at the bottom of the photo. I think this picture have a little bit on history inside, and observing it, it seems like to be back in time.
3. With what famous painter was he in a relationship? Who was she? Upload a painting by her that you like.
Alfred was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe. She was born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. O'Keeffe made large-format paintings of enlarged blossoms, presenting them close up as if seen through a magnifying lens, and New York buildings, most of which date from the same decade. Her’s representations of the beauty of the American landscape were a brave counterpoint to the chaotic images embraced by the art world. Her cityscapes and still lifes filled the canvas with wild energy that gained her a following among the critics as well as the public. Though she has had many imitators, no one since has been able to paint with such intimacy and stark precision.
Extra: How did they influence each other in their art making?
Steiglitz had convinced O’Keeffe to move to New York and devote all of her time to painting. His regular presentations of her work had begun to cause a buzz, and create for a her a small following. Six years later the two were married, beginning one of the most fruitful and well-known collaborations of the modernist era. For the next twenty years the two would live and work together, Steiglitz creating an incredible body of portraits of O’Keeffe, while O’Keeffe showed new drawings and paintings nearly every year at the gallery. Living in Lake George, New York, and in New York City, O’Keeffe painted some of her most famous work.
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