Carl Van Vechten
Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer. He was known for taking pictures of many famous celebrities during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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 Photographic self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten, taken in 1934 | |
| Born | Carl Van Vechten June 17, 1880 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | December 21, 1964 (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Washington High School |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Snyder (?–1912), Fania Marinoff (m. 1914–1964) |
Vechten was married to actress Fania Marinoff from 1914 until his death in 1964. Vechten died in New York City, New York, aged 84.
Gallery
Tallulah Bankhead, 1934
James Baldwin, 1955
Harry Belafonte, 1954
Norman Mailer, 1948
Henri Matisse, 1933
Orson Welles, 1937
Karen von Blixen-Finecke, 1959
Marlon Brando, 1948
Truman Capote, 1948
Salvador Dalí, 1934
William Faulkner, 1954
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1937
Ben Gazzara, 1955
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955
Martha Graham and Bertram Ross, 1961
W. C. Handy, 1941
Billie Holiday, 1949
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Carl Van Vechten Media
Van Vechten House and Studio, Manhattan, New York City, 2017
Saul Mauriber, after a photograph of Salvador Dalí by Halsman (1944), by Van Vechten
- Marian Anderson
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1958
Christopher Isherwood and W. H. Auden, 1939
Pierre Balmain and Ruth Ford, 1947
Other websites
Media related to PD Van Vechten at Wikimedia Commons
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