Witkiewicz, Trčka and Kesting : pioneers in modernist portraiture

Author

Thomas, Ann

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

History of photography. 2005, Num. 3, Vol. 29, 217-227, 7 ill.

ISSN

0308-7298

Abstract (en)

Examines the influence of painting on the development of modernist photographic portraiture in the early 20th c. Focuses on the work of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Anton Josef Trčka, and Edmund Kestin and their interest in psychology and emotion in portraiture.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography
• Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939
• Poland
• Trčka, Josef Anton, 1893-1940
• Austria
• Kesting, Edmund, 1892-1970
• Germany
• 1900-2000
• Photography
• Portraits
• Psychology
• Emotions
• Influence
• Painting
• Modernism

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie
• Witkiewicz, Stanisław Ignacy, 1885-1939
• Pologne
• Trčka, Josef Anton, 1893-1940
• Autriche
• Kesting, Edmund, 1892-1970
• Allemagne
• 1900-2000
• Photographie
• Portrait
• Psychologie
• Passions
• Influence
• Peinture
• Modernisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00023263

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