Carl Van Vechten was a writer, critic, and photographer who collaborated with some of the most influential figures of the New York avant-garde. He served as editor, publisher, and literary agent for artists such as Langston Hughes, Gertrude… Read More
Frances Simpson Stevens was born in Chicago, IL on March 5, 1894. In her early 20s, Stevens was the lone American at the center of the Futurist movement. Today, however, only one of her paintings has been preserved… Read More
Alfred Kreymborg was born in 1883 to a German father and an American mother in New York City. Though he did not go on to inherit the family cigar business, he did inherit his father’s prodigious chess skills…. Read More
Gabrielle Buffet-Picabia might be the most quoted figure of the avant-garde, yet she is one of the least studied. Her name is most often found in the footnotes of books, next to citations for her detailed comments and stories… Read More
Bio draft 2: Mabel Dodge Luhan was born in Buffalo, New York in 1879 to Victorian, emotionally reserved, and socially elite parents. Dodge made her début in Buffalo society and, after attending an Episcopal girls school in Buffalo,… Read More
In 1888 Clara Tice was born in Elmira, New York, roughly two hundred miles away from New York City, where she would spend the majority of her life. Tice was first introduced to the city at a young… Read More
Although she shared the title of “Mother of Dada” with Gertrude Stein, no one in New York could argue that Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven didn’t look the part. The woman who would later electrify New York with her… Read More
Biography British poet Clive Wilmer called Ezra Pound “personally responsible” for the 1910s’ revival of English poetry (Wilmer). Born in Hailey, Idaho on October 30, 1885, Pound was an American poet who contributed greatly to the modernist movement… Read More
750 Word Narrative: Born in 1887 in the manse of the Presbyterian church in Kirkland Missouri where her maternal grandfather was pastor, Marianne Craig Moore never met her father, who suffered a nervous breakdown and been institutionalized before… Read More
Leigha Nortier English 394 Francis Picabia (*Second Draft) Francis Picabia [1879- 1953] was an eclectic Avant-Garde artist and writer, who mostly worked in the shadows of Marcel Duchamp. The French-born artist was most famous for his work in… Read More
