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Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964), photographer, promotor of literary talent, and critic of dance, theater, and opera, had an artistic vision rooted in the centrality of the talented person. He cherished accomplishment, whether in music, dance, theater, fine art, literature, sport, or advocacy.
24 de jul. de 2007 · Carl Van Vechten’s black and white photographs of African American poets, playwrights, musicians, dancers, artists, thinkers, and others are well known and highly regarded. Because he didn’t print his color photographs, however, these images have never been widely viewed and are publicly available now for the first time.
Graphic Artist. Carl Van Vechten was an enormously creative artist, becoming a noted author, and later, at age 52, a superb portrait photographer. It is unusual for an artist to follow two distinctively different career paths and achieve fame in each area. Van Vechten is still best known for his book, published in 1926, which portrayed African ...
Carl Van Vechten Gallery. The Carl Van Vechten Gallery was founded in 1949, a testament to the foresight and vision of Fisk University. It owes its name to Carl Van Vechten, an American writer and photographer known for his support of African American artists during the Harlem Renaissance. Recognizing the need for a dedicated space to showcase ...
Carl Van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, 17 giugno 1880 – New York, 21 dicembre 1964) è stato uno scrittore e fotografo statunitense. Giornalista e scrittore. Nato in una famiglia di lontane ascendenze olandesi, si appassionò di musica e teatro sin da giovanissimo, ma la sua città natale nell ...
3 3 Summary Title: Carl Van Vechten Papers (1833-1965; bulk dates 1920-1940) Size: (156.3 linear ft.) 208 archival boxes, 339 volumes. Source: Gift of Carl Van Vechten and the Van Vechten estate 1941-1988; additional gifts from Bruce Kellner (1980-1982), Saul Mauriber (1967) and Paul Padgette; purchase Edward Jablonski (1965). Restrictions: Some of the original typescripts of Van Vechten have ...
30 de jul. de 2021 · By the time of his death in 1964, Carl Van Vechten had been a far-sighted journalist, a best-selling novelist, a consummate host, an exhaustive archivist, a prescient photographer, and a Negrophile bar non. A white man with an abiding passion for blackness Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- pt. 1. A niche somewhere ...
