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Gertrude Käsebier was an American photographer known for her images of motherhood, Native Americans, and women's careers. She studied art in New York and Europe, and became a pioneer of modern photography and a promoter of women's rights.
Learn about Gertrude Käsebier, a pioneer of artistic photography who worked with darkroom manipulation and portraiture. Explore her works, exhibitions, audio, publications, and legacy at MoMA.
Gertrude Käsebier (born May 18, 1852, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.—died October 13, 1934, New York, New York) was an American portrait photographer who was one of the founders of the influential Photo-Secession group and who is best known for her evocative images of women and domestic scenes.
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Learn about Gertrude Käsebier, a leading portrait photographer in the US who experimented with gum bichromate and joined the Photo-Secession group. See her artworks, including portraits of Alfred Stieglitz and Auguste Rodin.
See the platinum prints of Sioux Indians photographed by Gertrude Käsebier, a pioneer of artistic photography, for over 10 years. She captured their portraits both on the reservation and in her studio in New York City.
Gertrude Käsebier began her artistic studies at the age of thirty-seven after her children had grown up. While studying painting at Pratt Institute in New York, she began to explore photography. In 1897 she opened a photography studio in New York, specializing in portraits of women and children.
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In 1979, Gertrude Käsebier was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum. In street clothes, about 1900, she would have looked like other upper middle-class matrons: corseted, hatted and gloved.
