Landscape--Evening
Edward Steichen
c. 1901
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 16.51 × 12.7 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.) sheet: 27.15 × 17.78 cm (10 11/16 × 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
2002.120.8
About the Artist
Edward Steichen · 1879–1973
Edward Steichen (1879–1973) was a Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and museum curator who was one of the most influential figures in the history of photography. Born Eduard Jean Steichen in Bivange, Luxembourg, he emigrated with his family to the United States as a child and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Steichen's early career was defined by Pictorialism — the movement to establi...