학술논문
Coburn, Alvin Langdon
Document Type
Reference Entry
Author
Source
Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2013
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
American, 19th–20th century, male. Active in England. Born 11 June 1882, in Boston, Massachusetts; died 23 Nov 1966, in Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales. Photographer. Cityscapes, landscapes, portraits, abstractions. Pictorialism. Photo-Secession, The Linked Ring. Alvin Langdon Coburn began experimenting with the camera at the age of 8, and by age 18 was one of the youngest participants in the movements striving to elevate photography to the status of fine art. Initially a protégé of his distant cousin F. Holland Day, Coburn was elected to membership in Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo-Secession in New York in ...