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"tombstone": "Self-Portrait with Grandson, 1902. Gertrude K\u00e4sebier (American, 1852\u20131934). Platinum print; overall: 16.4 x 15 cm (6 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.30",
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"title": "Artists Photographing Artists",
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"title": "Icons of American Photography: A Century of Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"description": "In her personal work, K\u00e4sebier frequently celebrated motherhood and traditional family life in her asymmetrical compositions, photographed in the pictorial style, which emphasizes soft focus, platinum printing, and picturesque subject matter. Her first grandchild, Charles O'Malley, provided endless inspiration for numerous touching portraits located both in outdoor and indoor settings. In this intimate image, K\u00e4sebier relied solely on warm daylight to define the room and identify the sitter's facial features and clothing details. Her instinctive sense of design and her ability to understand the telling gesture are beautifully displayed. In addition to being widely recognized for her pictorial photographs\u2014mostly portraits and figure studies\u2014K\u00e4sebier was a successful commercial photographer, operating a portrait studio in New York City from around 1897 until 1927.",
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"biography": "Gertrude K\u00e4sebier American, 1852-1934\r\n\r\nOne of the most well-known pictorial photographers of the early 20th century, Gertrude K\u00e4sebier was born in Fort Des Moines (now Des Moines), Iowa. In 1889 she entered the Pratt Institute in New York to study portrait painting. Photography, however, which she took up on her own, became her primary artistic focus.\r\n\tAfter working with a professional Brooklyn photographer to gain business experience, K\u00e4sebier opened her own portrait studio in New York City in late 1897 or early 1898. It was a great success, and she was soon busy producing commercial portraits in addition to her personal work. Her pictorial images, mostly portraits and figure studies, were exhibited widely in the United States and Europe during the early 20th century and were reproduced in both Camera Notes and Camera Work. She was a founding member of the Photo-Secession in 1902 and one of the first two women elected to membership in the Linked Ring (1900).\r\n\tIn 1912 K\u00e4sebier resigned from the Photo-Secession, breaking her long association with Alfred Stieglitz after several disagreements. Four years later she became associated with Clarence H. White's Pictorial Photographers of America. Retiring in the 1920s, K\u00e4sebier continued to serve as a source of inspiration for younger photographers such as Laura Gilpin, Consuelo Kanaga, and Clara Sipprell. M.M.",
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