Representative work by Edward Steichen
← Back to Artists

Artist

Edward Steichen

1879–1973 · Luxembourg-born American

  • Académie Julian

Edward Steichen moved from Pictorialist photography and painting into fashion, advertising, portraiture and museum exhibition-making. As director of photography at MoMA after World War II, he organized The Family of Man, one of the most widely seen photographic exhibitions in history.

Photography; painting; exhibition design

Major Works

  • The Pond—Moonlight
  • Flatiron—Evening
  • Rodin—The Thinker
  • Gloria Swanson
  • Greta Garbo
  • Marlene Dietrich
  • Isadora Duncan at the Parthenon
  • The Maypole
  • Heavy Roses, Voulangis
  • The Family of Man

Interviews & Writing

Related Artists