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Alvin Langdon Coburn’s unconventional approach
to photography helped define modernism. His photographs become
iconic images of the 20th Century, from the cityscapes of New
York and London to the landscapes of the American West, to the
most famous people of his time. In 1913, his hand-printed book,
Men of Mark, captured in richly styled prints the images of 33
of the most influential artists, writers, critics and thinkers
of the early 20th Century. Among them artists Rodin, Matisse,
and Sargent, playwright George Bernard Shaw, novelists Henry James
and Mark Twain, and President Theodore Roosevelt.
A.L. Coburn’s
Men of Mark: Pioneers of Modernism recaptures the beauty of Coburn’s
lavishly detailed photographs and presents the sculpture, artwork,
personal letters and great works of the visionaries who bridged
the 19th and 20th centuries and advanced the revolution of the
literary and visual arts, philosophy, criticism, and politics.
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We would like to thank our sponsors:
Webster Bank
The Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation
The Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Fleet Bank Trustee
With additional support from:
Connecticut Commission on Arts, Tourism, Culture, History and Film
We are also grateful for the support from the Exhibition Committee of Honor:
Anna and David Clark, Claire and Millard Pryor, Michael J. Dury,
and Nancy and Robinson Grover
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