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==Description==
 
==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.
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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]].
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==Further Research/Reading==
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* http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/collections/highlights/living-portraits-carl-van-vechtens-color-photographs-african-americans-1939

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Carl Van Vechten

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1880 - 1965

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

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.

Further Research/Reading