Ellen Koeniger, Lake George
1916
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 9.3 x 10.5 cm (3 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Alfred Stieglitz Collection
Accession Number
1949.3.393
Art Historical Context
Alfred Stieglitz's *Ellen Koeniger, Lake* (1916) captures a quiet moment at the artist's beloved summer retreat in upstate New York. This intimate gelatin silver print, measuring just 9.3 x 10.5 cm, features Ellen Koeniger—likely a family friend or visitor—amid the serene landscape of Lake, a site Stieglitz frequently photographed to explore nature's subtle beauty and emotional resonance. As a pioneering figure in American photography, Stiegl championed the medium as fine art through his Photo-Secession movement and 291 in New York. By 1916, his work had evolved toward personal, evocative ima...
About the Artist
Alfred Stieglitz · 1864–1946
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a pioneering American photographer, art dealer, publisher, and advocate for the Modernist movement who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to German Jewish immigrant parents, Stieglitz spent his formative years studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, where he discovered photography in ...