Alfred Stieglitz: Taking Pictures, Making Painters (Jewish Lives)

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Review “Rose is consistently generous, knowledgeable . . .”—Christine Smallwood, New Yorker"A well-balanced portrait of famed photographer Stieglitz....Rose starts with a look at his early life and career, tracing his journey from student to photographer to gallery owner and promoter, and, in the telling, sets both life and work in the context of the times. There is no lack of material by and about Stieglitz, and Rose synthesizes it all into this concise profile to offer an insightful look at a great American artist.”—Booklist "Rose . . . brings her characteristic wit and vivacity. . . . Fascinating."—Regina Marler, New York Review of Books“There is no pure white or black in photography: a great photograph captures the nuances of light and shadow that underlie perception. That is exactly what Phyllis Rose's biography of Alfred Stieglitz does. And no biographer has a sharper sense of focus for the competing narratives that underlie a marriage. This double portrait of Stieglitz and O'Keeffe is the work of a master.”—Judith Thurman, author of Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette and Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller Read more Book Description Alfred Stieglitz was an enormously influential artist and a champion of other artists. His was the first American gallery to show works by Picasso, Rodin, Matisse, Brancusi, and other great European modernists. This new book from celebrated biographer Phyllis Rose reconsiders Stieglitz as a revolutionary force in the history of American art. Read more About the Author Phyllis Rose is a literary critic and biographer. Her books include the acclaimed biography of Virginia Woolf, Woman of Letters, and her classic Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages. Read more

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I am a retired photo-educator and I loved the treatment of the story of this relationship. Too often authors had a tendency to overstate the conflicts between O'Keeffe and Stieglitz. This was a compassionate examination of the complex lives they led.

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