His eye was in him

摘要

Alfred stieglitz (1864-1946) intro-duced Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Cezanne, Rodin and Brancusi to the New York art world at the beginning of the 20th century. And that was just a hobby. His true calling was photography and he sought to prove that the camera could be as much a medium of art as the canvas. A new exhibition has just opened in Paris that showcases this remarkable photographer, galle-rist and publisher, and reassembles his famous images alongside iconic works from his exhibitions and art magazines. According to curator Francoise Heilbrun, this exhibition is the first in Europe to show Stieglitz not only as a pioneer of photography but as a champion of avant-garde artists and ideas in America. While the European artists he promoted are now household names, most of the American artists he showed, such as Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth and Arthur Dove, have never before been seen in Europe.