Alfred Stieglitz
Frank Eugene
c. 1901
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 16.51 × 11.43 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 28.58 × 19.69 cm (11 1/4 × 7 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
2002.120.5
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Frank Eugene · 1865–1936
Frank Eugene, born Frank Eugene Smith on September 19, 1865, in New York City to German immigrant parents Frederick Smith, a baker, and Hermine Selinger Smith, a singer in local theaters, discovered photography as an amateur pursuit around 1880, possibly while attending City College of New York. In 1886, he traveled to Munich to study drawing and stage design at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, ...