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Edward Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. Steichen was the most frequently featured photographer in Alfred Stieglitz' groundbreaking magazine ''Camera Work'' during its run from 1903 to 1917. Together Stieglitz and Steichen opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, which eventually became known as 291 after its address. His photos of gowns for the magazine ''Art et Décoration'' in 1911 are regarded as the first modern fashion photographs ever published. From 1923 to 1938, Steichen was a photographer for the Condé Nast magazines ''Vogue'' and ''Vanity Fair'' while also working for many advertising agencies including J. Walter Thompson. During these years, Steichen was regarded as the best known and highest paid photographer in the world. In 1944, he directed the war documentary ''The Fighting Lady'', which won the 1945 Academy Award for Best Documentary. After World War II, Steichen was Director of the Department of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art until 1962. While at MoMA, he curated and assembled the exhibit ''The Family of Man'', which was seen by nine million people. == Early life == Steichen was born Éduard Jean Steichen in Bivange, Luxembourg, the son of Jean-Pierre and Marie Kemp Steichen.〔Niven, Penelope (1997). ''Steichen: A Biography''. New York: Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-517-59373-4, p. 4〕 Jean-Pierre Steichen initially immigrated to the United States in 1880.〔 Marie Steichen brought the infant Eduard along once Jean-Pierre had settled in Chicago, in 1881.〔Niven, Penelope (1997). ''Steichen: A Biography''. New York: Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-517-59373-4, p. 6〕 The family, with the addition of Eduard's younger sister Lilian, moved to Milwaukee in 1889, when Steichen was 10.〔Niven, Penelope (1997). ''Steichen: A Biography''. New York: Clarkson Potter. ISBN 0-517-59373-4, p. 16〕 In 1894, at the age of fifteen, Steichen began a four-year lithography apprenticeship with the American Fine Art Company of Milwaukee.〔Gedrim, Ronald J. (1996). ''Edward Steichen: Selected Texts and Bibliography'' Oxford, UK: Clio Press. ISBN 1-85109-208-0, p. xiii〕 After hours, he would sketch and draw, and began to teach himself to paint.〔Niven (1997), p. 28〕 Having come across a camera shop near to his work, he visited frequently with curiosity until he persuaded himself to buy his first camera, a secondhand Kodak box "detective" camera, in 1895.〔Niven (1997), p. 29〕 Steichen and his friends who were also interested in drawing and photography pooled together their funds, rented a small room in a Milwaukee office building, and began calling themselves the Milwaukee Art Students League.〔Niven (1997), p. 42〕 The group also hired Richard Lorenz and Robert Schade for occasional lectures.〔 Steichen was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1900 and signed the naturalization papers as Edward J. Steichen; however, he continued to use his birth name of Eduard until after the First World War.〔Niven (1997), p. 66〕 Steichen married Clara Smith in 1903. They had two daughters, Katherine and Mary. In 1914, Clara accused her husband of having an affair with artist Marion H. Beckett, who was staying with them in France. The Steichens left France just ahead of invading German troops. In 1915, Clara Steichen returned to France with her daughter Kate, staying in their house in the Marne in spite of the war. Steichen returned to France with the Photography Division of the American Army Signal Corps in 1917, whereupon Clara returned to the United States. In 1919, Clara Steichen sued Marion Beckett for having an affair with her husband, but was unable to prove her claims. Clara and Edouart Steichen eventually divorced in 1922. Steichen married Dana Desboro Glover in 1923. She died of leukemia in 1957. In 1960, aged 80, Steichen married Joanna Taub and remained married to her until his death, which occurred two days before his 94th birthday. Joanna Steichen died on July 24, 2010, in Montauk, New York, aged 77.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joanna Steichen obituary )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Steichen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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