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21 de mai. de 2018 · Carl Van Vechten >American author and photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a champion >of modern music and dance in the early years of the twentieth century, and >went on to enjoy critical acclaim for his witty novels that chronicled a >charmed set in 1920s New York [1] and Paris.
Biography Carl Van Vechten was born on June 17, 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At an early age, he developed an interest in music and theater, which he found hard to satisfy in his hometown. He left Iowa in 1899 to attend the University of Chicago. In Chicago he was able to explore art, music, and opera. He became interested in writing and contributed to the University of Chicago Weekly.
25 de ago. de 2016 · Author Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964) began making portraits in 1932. Over the next three decades, he asked writers, musicians, athletes, politicians, and others to sit for him—many of them central figures in the Harlem Renaissance.
Carl van Vechten (Cedar Rapids, 17 de junio de 1880-Nueva York, 21 de diciembre de 1964) fue un escritor y fotógrafo estadounidense, patrón de la Harlem Renaissance y albacea literario de Gertrude Stein, a quien conoció en París en 1913.
9 de fev. de 2014 · White Mischief. By Kelefa Sanneh. February 9, 2014. Van Vechten’s best-selling “Nigger Heaven” helped make Harlem hot, even as its title guaranteed a stormy reception. Photograph by Carl Van ...
10 de jun. de 2013 · Carl Van Vechten is best-known today not for who he knew or what he wrote but for the title of his most famous novel: Nigger Heaven. For a white man to use that phrase—derogatory slang for the upper galleries of theaters where black people were once segregated—as the title of a novel about Harlem horrified many people, even in 1926.
About this Collection. Comprised of 1,395 photographs taken by American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) between 1932 and 1964, the bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographs of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance. A much smaller portion of the collection is an assortment of American landscapes.
