Carl Van Vechten - Wikipedia
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. [1] He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven .
Carl Van Vechten | Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age & Novelist
2024年12月17日 · Carl Van Vechten (born June 17, 1880, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1964, New York City) was a U.S. novelist and music and drama critic, an influential figure in New York literary circles in the 1920s; he was an early enthusiast for the culture of U.S. blacks.
Van Vechten Collection - Carl Van Vechten Biography and …
Carl Van Vechten was born on June 17, 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At an early age, he developed an interest in music and theater, which he found hard to satisfy in his hometown. He left Iowa in 1899 to attend the University of Chicago.
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Carl Van Vechten was born on June 17, 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At an early age, he developed an interest in music and theater, which he found hard to satisfy in his hometown. He left Iowa in 1899 to attend the University of Chicago. In Chicago he …
White Mischief - The New Yorker
2014年2月9日 · In the summer of 1925, Carl Van Vechten, a New York hipster and literary gadabout, sent a letter to Gertrude Stein, whose friendship he was cultivating.
Van Vechten, Carl - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月21日 · American author and photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) was a champion of modern music and dance in the early years of the twentieth century, and went on to enjoy critical acclaim for his witty novels that chronicled a charmed set in …
Van Vechten Collection - About this Collection - Prints
The Carl Van Vechten Photographs Collection at the Library of Congress consists of 1,395 photographs taken by American photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964) between 1932 and 1964. The bulk of the collection consists of portrait photographs of celebrities, including many figures from the Harlem Renaissance.
Carl Van Vechten - Smithsonian American Art Museum
2016年8月25日 · Author Carl Van Vechten (1880–1964) began making portraits in 1932. Over the next three decades, he asked writers, musicians, athletes, politicians, and others to sit for him—many of them central figures in the Harlem Renaissance.
Carl Van Vechten – Mina Loy – Navigating the Avant-Garde
Carl Van Vechten is known as a writer, photographer, and patron of some of the most influential figures of the New York avant-garde movement. He served as editor and literary agent for artists such as Mina Loy, Langston Hughes, and Gertrude Stein (MacLeod 361).
Carl Van Vechten - The Kennedy Center
The Fire in the Flint—a novel by civil-rights activist Walter White—drew the attention of Carl Van Vechten, a white journalist interested in African American art and life. He began to frequent jazz and blues clubs in Harlem, promote the work of Black artists and performers, and invite Harlem literati to visit his lavish Manhattan apartment.