Scurrying Home
1897
Medium
photoaquatint
Dimensions
156; 486; 371; 190
About this artwork
Schenking van de erven van de heer C.J.J.G. Vosmaer, Leiden
Art Historical Context
**Scurrying Home** (1897) by Alfredieglitz captures the essence of urban life through the innovative medium of photoaquatint, a photomechanical process that blends photography's precision with the tonal richness of aquatint etching. Measuring just 190mm by 156mm, this intimate print evokes a sense of hurried movement—likely pedestrians rushing through city streets—reflecting the bustling energy of the fin-de-siècle era. Stieglitz, a trailblazing American photographer, created this during his early European travels and experiments, when he championed photography as a fine art equal to painting....
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 ...