Alice Boughton

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A portrait of playwright Eugene O'Neill by Alice Boughton.
A portrait of playwright Eugene O'Neill by Alice Boughton.

Alice Boughton (1865 - 22 June 1943) was an American portrait photographer known for her photographs of many literary and theatrical figures of her time.

[edit] Life

Alice Boughton was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1865. She studied art in Paris, France, before returning to New York tow work in photography.[1] A member of the Photo-Secession movement, she was an assistant in Gertrude Käsebier's studio. She opened her own studio New York in 1890; the studio remained open for almost 40 years. She also produced studies of children, particularly of her own two daughters, as well as female nudes in allegorical or natural settings. [2] Her portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson was an inspiration for John Singer Sargent's own portrait of the writer.[3] Alice Boughton died on 22 June, 1943 in Brookhaven, New York.

[edit] Work & Publications

A collection of her portraits, Photographing the Famous, was published in 1928. Her work was also published in Camera Work in 1909.[4] Alice Boughton is also famous for her portrait of poet William Butler Yeats.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  2. ^ Alice Boughton (1865-1943). Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  3. ^ John Singer Sargent and Robert Louis Stevenson. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  4. ^ Vernacular Photography. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.