Foursome
Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
(Sprache: Englisch)
A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.
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A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.New York, 1921: acclaimed photographer Alfred Stieglitz celebrates the success of his latest exhibition the centerpiece, a series of nude portraits of his soon-to-be wife, the young Georgia O'Keeffe. The exhibit acts as a turning point for the painter poised to make her entrance into the art scene. There she meets Rebecca Salsbury, the fiancé of Stieglitz s protégé, Paul Strand, marking the start of a bond between the couples that will last more than a decade and reverberate throughout their lives. In the years that followed, O'Keeffe and Stieglitz become the preeminent couple in American modern art, spurring on each other's creativity. Observing their relationship leads Salsbury to encourage new artistic possibilities for Strand and to rethink her own potential as an artist.
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Chapter One Born in Hoboken
1864-1905
"I was born in Hoboken. I am an American, Stieglitz declared in his Anderson Galleries catalog. In 1921, at a time of renewed patriotism, his German-Jewish origins made him seem doubly foreign. To those who questioned his right to speak for the country, he objected that he was as American as they were.
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Hoboken, New Jersey, was then a middle-class town, which owed its prosperity to the steamship companies lining its docks. Edward Stieglitz had brought Hedwig Werner, his bride, to reside there in 1862, when so many of their compatriots lived in Hoboken that it was called Little Germany. Edward purchased a three-story house with a view of Manhattan soon after Hedwig gave birth to Alfred, their first child, on January 1, 1864.
Born Ephraim Stieglitz in Münden, Germany, Alfred s father changed his name to Edward when he came to the United States after the 1848 revolution. Within a short time, he became a successful wool merchant and aspired to live like a gentleman. Hedwig never learned English well, but she passed on her love of the arts to her firstborn. Of their six children, Alfred remained his parents favorite, even though he believed that he had been displaced by his twin brothers, Julius and Leopold, born when he was three. [He] would spend the rest of his life, one biographer writes, searching for a twin of his own.
Their house was full of guests, Stieglitz recalled, musicians, artists, and literary folk, rather than business people. We had many books and pictures. Our dining room in Hoboken was in the basement. . . . I had my hobby horse there and while the men would drink, talk and smoke, I loved to sit on my horse, riding and listening to the conversation. His parents hospitality made a strong impression: They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.
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Stieglitzes moved to Manhattan in 1871, after the birth of their last child. Their brownstone on East Sixtieth Street had modern comforts like steam heat; the sparsely settled terrain near Central Park allowed Alfred the liberty he craved. Edward enrolled him at the nondenominational Charlier Institute for Young Gentlemen, where he was first in his class, despite his refusal to memorize the poems he was assigned in declamation, a talent in which he would always excel. The school emphasized a high-mindedness that was compatible with his father s rejection of Jewish beliefs in favor of a principled atheism.
Alfred learned as much at home as he did at school. Edward taught him his own hobbies, including billiards, a love of horsemanship, and a knowledge of wines, but he became angry when Alfred failed to satisfy his demands for excellence. Edward stressed ethical probity rather than spiritual training. That the family was Jewish was not discussed. At a time when Reform Judaism appealed to many of their middle-class brethren, the Stieglitz children thought of themselves as ex-Jews, members of a small aristocratic tribe presided over by Edward.
Fortunately for her children, Hedwig was a woman of great warmth. She was also an avid reader, particularly of the German romantics Schiller, Heine, Goethe, whose emphasis on the living quality of thought she shared with her son. As a boy, Alfred alternated between bouts of exercise and stints of reading everything from Uncle Tom s Cabin to Goethe s Faust. When Hedwig asked his opinion of Faust, he replied, There are two things that attract me in it, Marguerite and the Devil. (A biographer notes that in the pure and virtuous Marguerite he saw his mother and
Alfred learned as much at home as he did at school. Edward taught him his own hobbies, including billiards, a love of horsemanship, and a knowledge of wines, but he became angry when Alfred failed to satisfy his demands for excellence. Edward stressed ethical probity rather than spiritual training. That the family was Jewish was not discussed. At a time when Reform Judaism appealed to many of their middle-class brethren, the Stieglitz children thought of themselves as ex-Jews, members of a small aristocratic tribe presided over by Edward.
Fortunately for her children, Hedwig was a woman of great warmth. She was also an avid reader, particularly of the German romantics Schiller, Heine, Goethe, whose emphasis on the living quality of thought she shared with her son. As a boy, Alfred alternated between bouts of exercise and stints of reading everything from Uncle Tom s Cabin to Goethe s Faust. When Hedwig asked his opinion of Faust, he replied, There are two things that attract me in it, Marguerite and the Devil. (A biographer notes that in the pure and virtuous Marguerite he saw his mother and
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Autoren-Porträt von Carolyn Burke
CAROLYN BURKE is the author of No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, Lee Miller: A Life (finalist for the NBCC), and Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy . Born in Sydney, Australia, she now lives in Santa Cruz, California.
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- Autor: Carolyn Burke
- 2019, 432 Seiten, 43 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 17,2 x 24,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: KNOPF
- ISBN-10: 0307957292
- ISBN-13: 9780307957290
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"A fabulous read. A wonderful book."--Diane Johnson"Fascinating ... compelling ... thoroughly researched and capacious."--Wendy Lesser, The Wall Street Journal
"Deeply researched and richly imagined ... Burke focuses on two marriages in a way that amplifies the personal and artistic lives of a quartet of painters and photographers and magnifies their powerful influence on 20th-century art ... ingenious."--The National Book Review
"Expert and enthralling ... illuminates key intimate and historical aspects of the lives of four extraordinarily creative, intrepid, and influential artists to profound effect."--Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)
"Fascinating, well-told."--Sarah Boxer, The New York Times Book Review
"[A] sharp-eyed group portrait of two artistic couples ... [Burke depicts] in rich detail the complex interactions among four vibrant people during a seminal era in American culture--a task she accomplishes in astute, lucid prose."--Wendy Smith, The Washington Post
"Seasoned biographer Burke ... chronicles the intertwined lives of four 20th-century influencers who propelled American photography and painting through momentous decades ... solidly researched."--Library Journal
"Intimate and exhaustively researched ... offers detailed insight into one of the most important periods in American art."--Publishers Weekly
"A well-researched account of sensual artists."--Kirkus
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