ABBOTT, BERENICE

bĕrˌənēsˈ, 1898–1991, American photographer, b. Springfield, Ohio. Abbott turned from sculpture to photography in 1923. She was assistant to Man Ray in Paris (1923–25), where she made an extraordinary series of portraits of the artistic and literary celebrities of the 1920s. She began her great documentation of New York City in 1929; many of the best photographs were collected in her book Changing New York (1939). In 1958, she produced a stunningly beautiful set of photographs for a high-school physics text that some critics consider her finest work. She discovered the work of Eugène Atget in 1925 and labored successfully to secure him international recognition.

See her Photographs (1970).

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books on: Abbott Berenice  - 67 results

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New York in the Thirties: Formerly Titled: Changing New York
Book by Berenice Abbott, Elizabeth McCausland, Bernice Abbott; Dover Publications, 1973
Subjects: New York (N.Y.)--Pictorial Works
...many gifted American artists, Berenice Abbott was born in Ohio. After studying...Progress Administration brought Berenice Abbott to us in 1935. Prior to that...often bitter commentary ensues. Berenice Abbott does not wish to be called artistic...
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The Language of Exclusion: The Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti
Book by Sharon Leder, Andrea Abbott; Greenwood Press, 1987
Subjects: Dickinson, Emily--1830-1886--Criticism And Interpretation, Feminism And Literature, Literature, Comparative--American And English, Literature, Comparative--English And American, Rossetti, Christina Georgina--1830-1894--Criticism And Interpretation, Sex Role In Literature, Women And Literature
...these thematic chapters, Leder wrote Rossettis biography, and Abbott followed with Dickinsons, while Leder helped the babysitter...Vicinus, Judith Fetterley, Moira Ferguson, Lillian Robinson, Berenice Fisher, Elaine Ognibene, John Dings, Claire Kahane, Theresa...
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American Women Photographers: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography
Book by Martha Kreisel; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Photography--United States--History--Bibliography, Women Photographers--United States--Bibliography
3. Abbott, Berenice. Berenice Abbott: Documentary Photographs of the 1930s: An exhibition . Organized...Contemporary Art. Cleveland: The Gallery, 1980. 64 p. 4. Abbott, Berenice. Berenice Abbott, Photographer: A Modern Vision: A selection...
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The Life and Work of Edward Lamson Henry, N.A., 1841-1919
Book by Elizabeth M.A. McCausland; The University of the State of New York, 1945
Subjects: Henry, Edward Lamson--1841-1919
Bibliography Abbott Berenice 1939 "Changing New York". Photographs of New York by Berenice Abbott: explanatory text by Elizabeth McCausland . New York. Dutton. 307p...
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Contemporary American Women Sculptors
Book by Virginia Watson-Jones; Oryx Press, 1986
Subjects: Sculpture, Modern--20th Century--United States, Women Sculptors--United States--Biography
...Connecticut 1978 "Chenoweth Hall, Sculpture and Berenice Abbott, Photographs," Cape Split Place Gallery, Addison...Musician and Writer Selected Bibliography Abbott, Berenice and Chenoweth Hall. A Portrait of Maine. New York...
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journal articles on: Abbott Berenice  - 33 results

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International Trends: Scholarship and Action: CCWHP and the Movement(s)
Journal article by Berenice A. Carroll; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 6, 1994
Subjects: Women--History
...1970, 2 (personal papers of Berenice Carroll). 16 Berenice A. Carroll, "The Politics...290; and personal papers of Berenice Carroll.) 19 See Ellen Carol...especially 178-181; Pamela Abbott, "Feminist Perspectives in...
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Reflections on "2000 Subversions: Women's Studies and the '21st Century'"
Journal article by Berenice A. Carroll; NWSA Journal, Vol. 13, 2001
Subjects: Feminism, Women's Studies
...Nineties . London: The Falmer Press. Abbott, Pamela. 1991 . "Feminist Perspectives...Woman . New York: Signet. Carroll, Berenice. 1994 . "Scholarship and Action: CCWHP...History 6 (3):79-96. Carroll, Berenice, and Sue Mansfield. 1993 . "Report...
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Citizens at Bat: Baseball's Community All-Stars
Journal article by Frank Fitzpatrick; Policy Review, 1996
Subjects: Abbott, Jim--Contributions, gifts, etc., Baseball players--Contributions, gifts, etc., Biggio, Craig--Contributions, gifts, etc., Brantley, Jeff--Contributions, gifts, etc., Eisenreich, Jim--Contributions, gifts, etc., Finley, Steve--Contributions, gifts, etc., Mattingly, Don--Contributions, gifts, etc., Montgomery, Jeff (Baseball player)--Contributions, gifts, etc., Valle, Dave--Contributions, gifts, etc., Vaughn, Mo--Contributions, gifts, etc.
...children constantly seek out Abbott, and if they cant get to him...Its also not unusual for Abbott to spot a disabled child in...Like Johnny Appleseed, Abbott planted those seeds of hope...Finley stood there alongside Berenice Alcantara, a student at Palm...
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Paris Itineraries: Photography by Eugene Atget. Art Gallery of Ontario
Journal article by L. Jill Delaney; Urban History Review, Vol. 30, 2002
Subjects: Atget, Eugene--Works, Exhibitions--Evaluation, Paris, France--Illustrations, photographs, etc., Photographers--Works, Photography--Exhibitions
...Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and Berenice Abbott to incorporate Atget into the...remaining images to photographer Berenice Abbott in 1928. 2 The exhibition at...the publications of MOMA and Berenice Abbott. David Harris. Eugene Atget...
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Back to the Past: Atget Encore
Journal article by Stephen Longmire; Afterimage, Vol. 28, 2001
Subjects: Atget, Eugene--Biography, Photographers--Biography, Photography--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...American photographer Berenice Abbott, who purchased the...relief he remembers Abbott expressing when Hambourg...past. 13 Apart from Berenice Abbotts 1927 portraits...question was put to Berenice Abbott (in a letter of April...
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The Changing Face of New York
Magazine article by Bonnie Yochelson; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, May 1998
Subjects: Abbott, Berenice--Criticism and interpretation, New York, New York--Portrayals, Women photographers--Criticism and interpretation
...by Bonnie Yochelson Berenice Abbott was born in Springfield...It was in Paris that Abbott began her career as a...Maine in the 1960s, Abbott continued to photograph...exhibition at the museum, "Berenice Abbotts Changing New...
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Jean Cocteau
Magazine article by Kristin M. Jones; Artforum International, Vol. 38, October 1999
Subjects: Cocteau, Jean--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Drawing--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...frequency, and here one could see him in photographs and film stills taken by Dora Maar, Berenice Abbott, Cecil Beaton, and others. Two works by Abbott capture Cocteaus fascination with masks - as well as his famously expressive hands - while...
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Out 100 16th Annual
Magazine article; Out, Vol. 19, December 2010
Subjects: Celebrities, Gays & lesbians, Musicians & conductors, Writers
...show exploring the influence of homosexuality on modern American portraiture and includes works by Marsden Hartley, Berenice Abbott, Keith Haring, David Wojnarowicz, and Catherine Opie, among many others. Katz - a longtime activist who is currently...
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IT HAPPENED ON BROADWAY: An Oral History of the Great White Way
Magazine article by Rachel Shteir; The Nation, Vol. 268, March 1, 1999
Subjects: Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, It Happened on Broadway: An Oral History of the Great White Way (Book)
...so commemorated for the titanic heft of its feelings--from the ebullient streetscapes of Alfred Eisenstadt and Berenice Abbott to Kaufman and Harts sweet backstage plays to Vincente Minnellis glittery movie musicals about "putting on a show...
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A Century of American Art and Culture
Magazine article by Barbara Haskell; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 128, July 1999
Subjects: American art--History, Art, American--History, Culture--Portrayals, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York--Exhibitions
...theme echoed in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anita Loos and the music of Cole Porter and George Gershwin. Berenice Abbott, Louis Lozowick, and Georgia OKeeffe depicted the city at night as a place of romance and mystery, while the stylized...
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newspaper articles on: Abbott Berenice  - 13 results

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New York as Seen by Eye of a Camera
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 29, 1998
Subjects: New York
...Foremost among them was Berenice Abbott (1898-1991), who...accompanies the exhibit, Berenice Abbott grew up in Cleveland...French spelling of "Berenice." Her true calling...different without Miss Abbott. Photography had revolutionized...
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTING : Late Fame for Unique Talent; A New Exhibition of One of the Most Revolutionary Designers of Her Time Is a Good Introduction to Collecting, Claims Sally Hoban
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 3, 2005
Subjects: Gray, Eileen
...archive materials. In a photograph taken in 1926 by Berenice Abbott, the famous American photographer, Gray looks every...photographic portrait of her was taken in Paris, 1926, by Berenice Abbott; Eileen Gray designs, pictured from top, clockwise...
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A Museum of Rotating Chiefs
Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 10, 2001
Subjects: Holladay, Wilhelmina
...different media," Mrs. Sterling says. Important exhibitions included "Judith Leyster: Leading Star" in 1994, "Berenice Abbott: Changing New York, 1935-1939" in 1998 and "The Art of Nellie Mae Rowe: `Ninety-Nine and a Half Wont Do...
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In Paris with Kiki, Dada
Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, October 14, 2001
Subjects: Paris, France, Ray, Man
...B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein. Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and Alexander Calder were there. And Berenice Abbott came along to rescue for posterity the wonderful photographic prints of the elderly Eugene Atget. Anybody who has...
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Today's Best Bets
Newspaper article by Frappa Stout; The Washington Times, November 14, 1998
...Gain a new perspective on the past 120 years: Take a look through the viewfinder of famous photographers such as Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget, Andre Kertez, Timothy OSullivan and Man Ray. In an exhibit called "Developing Illusions, 1873...
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encyclopedia articles on: Abbott Berenice  - 4 results

 
 
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Abbott, Berenice
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABBOTT, BERENICE ber nes , 1898 1991, American photographer, b. Springfield, Ohio. Abbott turned from sculpture to photography in 1923. She was assistant to Man Ray in Paris (1923 25), where she made an extraordinary series of portraits...
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Atget, EugÈne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...brought to international attention by the photographer Berenice Abbott . See A. D. Trottenberg, ed., A Vision of Paris: The Photographs of Eugene Atget (1963); B. Abbott, The World of Atget (1964); J. Szarkowski and M...
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Portraiture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vachon, and Ben Shahn. Other outstanding American portrait photographers of the 20th cent. include Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Immogen Cunningham, and Evelyn Hofer, whose work is reminiscent of August Sanders. In 1955 the Museum of Modern...
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Photography, Still
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Europe. The Aesthetics of Photography Seeking to determine the particular aesthetics of photography, the American Berenice Abbott and the Frenchmen Eugene Atget, Andre Kertesz, and Henri Cartier-Bresson developed intensely personal styles...


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