Baron Adolf de Meyer

Gertrude Käsebier

1903 · Platinum print · Photographs

Käsebier’s portrait of de Meyer is one of several she made in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1903. It has the fleeting quality of a snapshot, and its close framing suggests the intimate friendship between the two photographers. De Meyer learned much from Käsebier, who was already a well-established studio photographer by that time. Her society portraits composed in the manner of old master paintings and her atmospheric lighting effects influenced his developing style. In a testament to their mutual regard, when de Meyer’s still lifes were exhibited at Stieglitz’s Photo-Secession galleries in 1907, Käsebier lent prints from her personal collection.

Artist

Gertrude Käsebier

Date

1903

Medium

Platinum print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005