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Alfred Stieglitz

1864 - 1946

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Alfred Stieglitz (; January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Stieglitz has received more than 1,643,738 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Alfred Stieglitz is the 21st most popular photographer (down from 12th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,011th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Alfred Stieglitz ranks 21 out of 148. Before him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, and Diane Arbus. After him are Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Roger Fenton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Alfred Stieglitz ranks 45. Before him are Eugen d'Albert, Kikunae Ikeda, Jakob von Uexküll, Qi Baishi, Joseph Bédier, and Séraphine Louis. After him are Tanaka Giichi, Auguste Charlois, Roman Dmowski, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Robert E. Park, and Infanta Eulalia of Spain. Among people deceased in 1946, Alfred Stieglitz ranks 57. Before him are Per Albin Hansson, Willi Herold, James Jeans, Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, Rüdiger von der Goltz, and Miroslav Filipović. After him are Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Anton Mussert, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Hisaichi Terauchi, Inayatullah Khan, and Marcel Petiot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Stieglitz ranks 1,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Abigail Adams (1744), Lisa Ann (1972), Sonny Bono (1935), Michael Biehn (1956), Chuck Yeager (1923), and Robert Aldrich (1918). After him are Barnett Newman (1905), Patricia Neal (1926), John Frankenheimer (1930), Fran Drescher (1957), Robert Bloch (1917), and Joseph Losey (1909).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Alfred Stieglitz ranks 4. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Annie Leibovitz (1949), and Diane Arbus (1923). After him are Richard Avedon (1923), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Irving Penn (1917), Berenice Abbott (1898), Nan Goldin (1953), Edward Weston (1886), Lewis Hine (1874), and Carl Van Vechten (1880).

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