Frank Eugene (American, 1865–1936)
A variation of this print also exists in the Alfred Stieglitz Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago (1949.678).
Additional resources related to this object are to the right. Comprehensive material analysis is found in the Object Research PDF.
Artists
Born Frank Eugene Smith to German immigrants in New York, Frank Eugene (as he was read more
Processes
Patented in 1873 in England, the platinum printing process (sometimes known as platinotypes) enjoyed widespread read more
Galleries
The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession—later known as 291—began as a place to display and read more
Journals
In 1896, when New York’s two leading amateur camera clubs merged to create the Camera read more
Journals
Stieglitz had edited two previous publications—The American Amateur Photographer and Camera Notes—before deciding in 1902 read more
Themes
As part of the research related to this site, forty-four photographs from the Art Institute’s read more
Themes
The international movement known as Pictorialism represented both a photographic aesthetic and a set of read more
Themes
Following the model of other artistic secessions in Europe around the turn of the century—notably read more
Themes
In the battle to have photography accepted as an art equal to painting, a primary read more
In: Camera Notes 3, 4 (April 1900)
In: Camera Work 5 (January 1904)
Exhibited: Philadelphia, 1900
Exhibited: Glasgow, 1901
Exhibited: New York, 1902
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., 1904
Exhibited: Pittsburgh, 1904
Exhibited: Dresden, 1904
Exhibited: New York, 1905
Exhibited: Buffalo, 1910