GERMAN AMERICAN MASTER ARTIST ARNOLD GENTHE VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2

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GERMAN AMERICAN MASTER ARTIST ARNOLD GENTHE VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2:
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You are offerding on aRareTitledVintagePhotograph,Gelatin SilverPrint,byGerman American Master Photographer

ARNOLD GENTHE (1869-1942).

This is a portrait of Famous Actor EDWARD HUGH SOTHERN.

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ARNOLD GENTHE (German/American, 1869-1942)

Vintage Gelating SilverPrint

Titled on Verso (see photo)

Image Size:7 1/4\" High x8 3/4” Wide –18.4 cm High x22.2 cm Wide

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This print is more than 100 years old and it shows aging.

Color fading due to its age.

Surface dirt throughout.

Creses on edges.

Minor loss on bottom right edge.

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Arnold Genthe (January 8, 1869 – August 9, 1942) was a photographer, best known for his photos of San Francisco\'s Chinatown, the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and his portraits of noted persons, from politicians and socialites to literary figures and entertainment celebrities.

Genthe was born in Berlin, Prussia, to Louise Zober and Hermann Genthe, a professor of Latin and Greek at the Graues Kloster (Grey Monastery) in Berlin. Arnold followed in his father\'s footsteps, becoming a classically trained scholar; he received a doctorate in philology in 1894 at the University of Jena, where he knew artist Adolf Menzel, his mother\'s cousin.

After emigrating to San Francisco in 1895 to work as a tutor, he taught himself photography. He was intrigued by the Chinese section of the city and photographed its inhabitants, from children to drug addicts, Due to his subjects\' possible fear of his camera or their reluctance to have pictures taken, Genthe sometimes hid his camera. He sometimes removed evidence of Western culture from these pictures, cropping or erasing as needed. About 200 of his Chinatown pictures survive, and these comprise the only known photographic depictions of the area before the 1906 earthquake.

After local magazines published some of his photographs in the late 1890s, he opened a portrait studio. He knew some of the city\'s wealthy matrons, and as his reputation grew, his clientele included Nance O\'Neil, Sarah Bernhardt, Nora May French and Jack London.

In 1906, the San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed Genthe\'s studio, but he rebuilt. His photograph of the earthquake\'s aftermath, Looking Down Sacramento Street, San Francisco, April 18, 1906, is his most famous photograph.

Within a short time, Genthe joined the arts colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he was able to pursue his work in color photography. Of his new residence, he wrote, \"The cypresses and rocks of Point Lobos, the always varying sunsets and the intriguing shadows of the sand dunes offered a rich field for color experiments.\"

In 1911 he moved to New York City, where he remained until his death of a heart attack in 1942. He worked primarily in portraiture, and Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and John D. Rockefeller all sat for him. His photos of Greta Garbo were credited with boosting her career. He also photographed modern dancers, including Anna Pavlova, Isadora Duncan, and Ruth St. Denis, and his photos were featured in the 1916 book, The Book of the Dance

Genthe was an early adopter of the autochrome color photography process. He began experimenting with the process in 1905 in Carmel, California. He claimed credit for the first exhibition of color photographs in America; later scholars have determined this is not accurate, but he was undoubtedly one of the earliest. His subjects included portraits, artistic nudes, and landscapes.

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