Aaron Siskind (1903 - 1991)
1903-12-04New York City, USA1991-02-08Providence, USAUSA
Aaron Siskind
Aaron Siskind was an American photographer whose work focuses on the details of things, presented as flat surfaces to create a new image independent of the original subject. He was closely involved with, if not a part of, the abstract expressionist movement, and was close friends with painters Mark Rothko, Franz Kline (whose own breakthrough show at the Charles Egan Gallery occurred in the same period as Siskind's one-man shows at the same gallery), and Willem de Kooning.
Date and place of birt: | 4 december 1903, New York City, USA |
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Date and place of death: | 8 february 1991, Providence, USA |
Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Photographer, Portraitist |
Art school / group: | New York School |
Art style: | Abstract art, Abstract Expressionism, Contemporary art |
Technique: | Gelatin silver print, Photographic printing |