Category: 1910s

Van Besten ladies and maidens

Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Maiden with butterfly on flower, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Young girl amidst marguerites, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Young girl amidst marguerites, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Purity, 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Purity, 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Lady with poppies, 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Lady with poppies, 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Study of Mrs. van Besten [Josephine Arnz] as Flemish princess, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists

The Fan (Margrethe Mather)

Edward Weston :: The Fan - Margrethe Mather; 1914. Platinum or Palladium print. CCP - University of Arizona
Edward Weston :: The Fan – Margrethe Mather; 1914. Platinum or Palladium print. CCP – University of Arizona
Edward Weston :: Margrethe Mather - The Fan, ca. 1917. | src kim weston blog
Edward H. Weston :: Margrethe Mather – The Fan, ca. 1917. | src kim weston blog

Dorothy Fenzi by the Gledhills

Carolyn & Edwin Gledhill :: Mrs. Dorothy Fenzi, ca. 1912 (detail). From: Before The Selfie: The Gledhill Portrait Collection @ Santa Barbara Museum
Carolyn & Edwin Gledhill :: Mrs. Dorothy Fenzi, ca. 1912 (detail). From: Before The Selfie: The Gledhill Portrait Collection @ Santa Barbara Museum
Mrs. Dorothy Fenzi (ca. 1912) by Carolyn & Edwin Gledhill. In: The Gledhill Portraits of Santa Barbara (1988); plate 49 @ internet archive
Mrs. Dorothy Fenzi (ca. 1912) by Carolyn & Edwin Gledhill. In: The Gledhill Portraits of Santa Barbara (1988); plate 49 @ internet archive

Draped woman by Van Buren

Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print mounted on black mat. Color film copy transparency of the original. LC-USZC4-9380 | src L. of Congress
Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print mounted on black mat. Color film copy transparency of the original. LC-USZC4-9380 | src L. of Congress
Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print on Rembrandt mount. Color film copy slide of the original. LC-USZC4-9108 | src L. of Congress
Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print on Rembrandt mount. Color film copy slide of the original. LC-USZC4-9108 | src L. of Congress
Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print mounted on black mat. Color film copy slide of the original. LC-USZC2-5993 | src L. of Congress
Amelia C. Van Buren :: [Profile portrait of woman draped with a veil]; 1917 (?). Platinum print mounted on black mat. Color film copy slide of the original. LC-USZC2-5993 | src L. of Congress

The Library of Congress owns two impressions of this photograph: 1-a (top and bottom) and 1-b (middle). Forms part of: Artistic photographs collected by Frances Benjamin Johnston in the Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Gift of Frances Benjamin Johnston; 1948.

Published in: Ambassadors of progress / edited by Bronwyn A.E. Griffith … France : Musée d’Art Américain Giverny … 2001, p. 177.

Exhibited: Ambassadors of progress, 2001-2003

all information is from the Library of Congress

Movie star Vera Kholodnaya

Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat, looking to the right. Vintage postcard. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat, looking to the right. Vintage postcard. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white blouse with ruffles, in a white hat. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, in a white hat and blouse with ruffles. Phot. M. Sakharov and P. Orlov, 1916. Postcard. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) was the first star of the Russian silent cinema. At 26, the ‘Queen of Screen’ died of the Spanish flu during the pandemic of 1919. Russian postcard, nº 135. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) was the first star of the Russian silent cinema. At 26, the ‘Queen of Screen’ died of the Spanish flu during the pandemic of 1919. Russian postcard, nº 135. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, straight, looking to the left, in a white hat. Postcard nº 39. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, straight, looking to the left, in a white hat. Postcard nº 39. | src Presidential Library

Carolyn Even Gledhill, 1910

W. Edwin Gledhill :: Carolyn Even Gledhill, 1910. Autochrome. | src AIC ~ Art Institute Chicago There is an alternative rendition of this photograph at The Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill Photography Collection @ Santa Barbara Museum
W. Edwin Gledhill :: Carolyn Even Gledhill, 1910. Autochrome. | src AIC ~ Art Institute Chicago There is an alternative rendition of this photograph at The Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill Photography Collection @ Santa Barbara Museum

La Mer de Glace by Gimpel

Léon Gimpel :: Environs du Mont-Blanc, les séracs de la Mer de Glace. 25 août 1911, Autochrome. © Musée d’Orsay
Léon Gimpel :: Environs du Mont-Blanc, les séracs de la Mer de Glace. 25 août 1911, Autochrome. © Musée d’Orsay
Léon Gimpel - Séracs du glacier des Bossoms supérieurs, 1911, Autochrome © Musée d’Orsay
Léon Gimpel :: Séracs du glacier des Bossoms supérieurs, 1911. Autochrome. © Musée d’Orsay
Léon Gimpel :: La Mer de Glace, 1911. Autochrome. © Musée d’Orsay

Eating an apple (a sequence)

Paul Haviland (1880 - 1950) :: Jeune femme assise, mangeant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d'Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: Jeune femme assise, mangeant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 - 1950) :: Jeune femme assise sur un muret, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d'Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: Jeune femme assise sur un muret, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 - 1950) :: Jeune femme debout, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d'Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: Jeune femme debout, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d’Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 - 1950) :: Jeune femme debout, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d'Orsay
Paul Haviland (1880 – 1950) :: Jeune femme debout, tenant une pomme, 1898-1916. Autochrome. Musée d’Orsay

Model in Classical Costume

Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume],1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume], 1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume],1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume], 1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: Model in Classical Costume, 1907-1915. Hand-colored gelatin silver print. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: Model in Classical Costume, 1907-1915. Hand-colored gelatin silver print. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum

Laura Gilpin, some Autochromes

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Woman wearing pink roses on her hat and dress], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Woman wearing pink roses on her hat and dress], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Woman in black and white striped skirt seated in chair], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Woman in black and white striped skirt seated in chair], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Hollyhocks], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Hollyhocks], ca. 1910s. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) [Grand Canyon], 1916. Autochrome Amon Carter Museum
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979) :: [Grand Canyon], 1916. Autochrome. Amon Carter Museum