Hofstra University Museum: Arnold Newman

HOFSTR A UNIVERSIT Y MUSEUM

Arnold Newman:

Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture EMILY LOWE GALLERY | SEPTEMBER 3-DECEMBER 13, 2013

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Jean Arp, New York, New York, 1949 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 in.

— Arnold Newman

In this exhibition, many of the innovators that gave rise to the ideas and concepts that shaped the 20th century are seen through the camera lens of their contemporary: Arnold Newman.

Arnold Newman (1918-2006) is acknowledged as one of the masters of photography, and his work has changed the definition of the photographic portrait. Recognized as the “Father of Environmental Portraiture,” he carried his camera and equipment to his subjects, capturing them in their personal surroundings and finding visual elements in those settings that evoke their professions and personalities. Influenced by early photographers such as Alfred Stieglitz and the school of modernism, Newman developed a unique visual style and technique.

His portraits show both his talent as a photographer and his ability to capture the personality of his subjects.

The composition of each photograph is as individual as its subject. Newman said, “I am always lining things up, measuring angles ... observing the way you sit and the way you fit into the composition of the space around you.” The subject of the portrait could take up the entire frame as in the photographs of Pablo Picasso and Allen Ginsberg or become a smaller part of a larger composition as in the images of Igor Stravinsky and I.M. Pei. The background settings are at times sparse or crowded, with bold or subtle references to the sitter. The portraits are complex, revealing layers of the subjects’ emotional and psychological depth, as well as their cultural significance.

The aim of portraiture is to evoke a sense of the individual, and Newman with his innovative portrayal of his subjects and their environments expanded upon traditional methods of portrait photography, creating a new approach to portraiture. Collected by and exhibited in major museums around the world, Newman’s photographs represent a career spanning 60 years, and a body of work that reads as a roll call of the biggest names of the 20th century.

This show is organized by art2art Circulating Exhibitions.

Additional exhibition funding provided by Astoria Federal Savings.

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Francis Bacon, London, England, 1975 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

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Architects Phillip Johnson, New Canaan, Connecticut 1949 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Louis Kahn, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1964 Color Print 20 x 16 in.

I.M. Pei, New York, New York 1967 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin East, Wisconsin 1947 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Alexander Calder, Woodbury, Connecticut 1957 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Jean Cocteau, Paris, France, 1960 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Salvador Dali, New York, New York, 1951 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Willem de Kooning, New York, New York, 1959 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 in.

Marcel Duchamp, New York, New York, 1966 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Max Ernst, New York, New York, 1942 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

Hans Hofmann, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1952 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Jasper Johns, Stony Point, New York 1980 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Fernand Léger, New York, New York 1941 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Roy Lichtenstein, South Hampton, New York 1976 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Piet Mondrian, New York, New York, 1942 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

Isamu Noguchi, New York, New York, 1947 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

y 4 Georgia O’Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico 1968 Color Print 20 x 16 in.

Pablo Picasso, Valluris, France, 1954 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in. (cover image) Jackson Pollock, Springs, Long Island, New York 1949 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 in.

Frank Stella, New York, New York 1967 Color print 20 x 16 in.

Andy Warhol, The Factory, New York, New York, 1973 Silver Gelatin Print 10 x 8 in.

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Composers and Choreographers Leonard Bernstein, Philharmonic Hall, New York, New York, 1968 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 in.

Aaron Copland, Peekskill, New York, 1959 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Philip Glass, New York, New York, 1981 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Martha Graham, Graham’s Studio and Apartment, New York, New York, 1961 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Jerome Robbins, American Ballet School, New York, New York, 1958 Silver Gelatin Print 10 x 8 in.

y 1 Igor Stravinsky, New York, New York, 1946 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

Twyla Tharp, New York, New York 1987 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Prince Edward Theatre, London, England 1978 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

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Artists

“Visual ideas combined with technology combined with personal interpretation equals photography. Each must hold its own; if it doesn’t, the thing collapses.”

Photographers Berenice Abbott, New York, New York, 1944 Silver Gelatin Print 8 x 10 in.

Bill Brandt, London, England, 1978 Silver Gelatin Print 10 x 8 in.

Brassai, New York, New York, 1976 Silver Gelatin Print 10 x 8 in.

Henri Cartier-Bresson, New York, New York, 1947 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Dr. Harold Edgerton, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

André Kertész, New York, New York, 1980 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Gordon Parks, New York, New York, 1992 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Man Ray, Paris, France, 1960 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Aaron Siskind, New York, New York, 1976 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Alfred Stieglitz, New York, New York, 1944 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Political and Public Leaders

Writers

David Ben-Gurion, Jerusalem, Israel, 1967 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Bill Clinton, President of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1999 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

y 3 John F. Kennedy,

y 2 Woody Allen, New York, New York, 1996 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

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Scientists and Researchers

United States Senator, Washington, D.C., 1953 Silver Gelatin Print 20 x 16 in.

Vannevar Bush, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1949 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Robert Moses, Roosevelt Island, New York, 1959 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Dr. Kurt Godel, Princeton, New Jersey 1956 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Edward R. Murrow, CBS Studios, New York, New York, 1951 Silver Gelatin Print 10 x 8 in.

Dr. Alfred Kinsey, Bloomington, Indiana 1948 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Eleanor Roosevelt, New York, New York, 1962 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Berkeley, California, 1948 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Helena Rubenstein, New York, New York, 1948 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Dr. Jonas Salk, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, 1975 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

y 5 Diana Vreeland, New York, New York, 1974 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

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Arnold Newman:

Luminaries of the Twentieth Century in Art, Politics and Culture

Dr. Claude E. Shannon, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962 Color Print 20 x 16 in.

Truman Capote, Capote’s Apartment, New York, New York, 1977 Silver Gelatin Print 16 x 20 in.

Henry Geldzahler, New York, New York, 1972 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Allen Ginsberg, New York, New York, 1985 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Langston Hughes, Harlem, New York, 1960 Silver Gelatin Print 11 x 14 in.

Arthur Miller, New York, New York, 1947 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Ayn Rand, New York, New York, 1964 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Carl Sandburg, New York, New York, 1955 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

Elie Wiesel, New York, New York, 1980 Silver Gelatin Print 14 x 11 in.

All photographs copyright by Arnold Newman.

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