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Summary of Edward Steichen
Very few artists have had an impact on the American photographic arts to match that of Edward Steichen. From around 1900, he was instrumental in establishing a status for American photography as art through a commitment to the principles Pictorialism. After travels across Europe, and a spell living in Paris, he became acquainted with many of the 20th centuries greatest artists and performers, helping to bring European modernism to the wider attention of the American public through his involvement with the 291 gallery in New York. Steichen joined the American army during WW1 after which he abandoned Pictorialism and painting in favor of Straight Photography. He put his new creativity to use in commercial photography and he is credited by many as having invented what became known as fashion photography. With the onset of WWII, Steichen enlisted once more before resuming his career as Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Mode
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Biography
Edward Steichen was a key figure of twentieth-century photography, directing its development as a prominent photographer and influential curator. Steichen came to the United States in 1881. He painted and worked in lithography, before undertaking photography in 1896, and first exhibited photographs at the Philadelphia Salon in 1899. Steichen became a naturalized citizen in 1900 and after exhibiting in the Chicago Salon, he received encouragement from Clarence vit, who brought him to Alfred Stieglitz's attention. Steichen practiced painting in Paris intermittently between 1900 and 1922; there he met Rodin and was exposed to modern art movements, and was thus able to advise Stieglitz on exhibition selections. He was elected a member of London's Linked Ring Brotherhood in 1901, and in 1902 cofounded the Photo-Secession and designed the first cover of Camera Work, in which his work was often published. In New York, Steichen helped Stieglitz establish the Little Galleri
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The Steichen Collections Luxembourg bring together heritage items connected with the long and varied career of Edward J. Steichen (1879-1973), with a particular emphasis on photography. A number of public collections provide evidence of his prolific work both as a photographer and as an exhibition curator for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York: the collections held by Musée national d'archéologie, d'histoire et d'art (MNAHA), the City of Luxembourg, and the Grand Duchy's National Audiovisual Centre (Centre national de l'audiovisuel - CNA).
As a tribute to his country of origin, Steichen bequeathed a large part of his work to the Grand Duchy: the famous exhibition "The Family of Man" (1955) in Clervaux and the collection "The Bitter Years" (1962) in Dudelange illustrate his work as curator at the MoMA, while the collection held by the MNAHA, which can be viewed free of charge in the city centre in the Nationalmusée um Fëschmaart, represents a cross-sect