Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1880 - 1965

Occupation

Writer

Description

Author, portrait photographer, critic. Helped rediscover Herman Melville. Helped African-American writers get started by being a patron to the Harlem Renaissance. Literary Executor of Gertrude Stein.

See Also

• LGBTQ Photographers
• LGBTQ Participation in the Harlem Renaissance
• Prominent LGBTQ Portrait Painters and Photographers

Further Research/Reading

• http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/living-portraits-carl-van-vechtens-color-photographs-african-americans-1939

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