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The Art and Career of Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Yasuo Kuniyoshi was the most important Asian American artist in the United States in the first half of the 20th Century, thanks to his individualistic painting style. In 1948 he had the honor of being the first living artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was an ironic honor since, due to immigration laws, he was not allowed to become an American citizen, although he was a fervent opponent of Japanese aggression during World War II. This presentation will trace the evolution of Kuniyoshi’s distinctive modernist style, which blends elements of American folk art and Japanese aesthetics. Recognizing Baruch’s historic identity as a college focused on business, I will conclude with some stories about how Kuniyoshi’s work has fared in the art market. - 8
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The Power of the Photo Club Network: Connecting Photographers Across Ideological Divides and Political Borders
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gh the exhibition history of one print, this talk examines the power of the photo club network—a global system of self-curated, self-financed, and self-edited publications, exhibitions, and competitions that connected photographers across ideological divides and political borders throughout the twentieth century. Double Profile (1942) by German-Argentine photographer Annemarie Heinrich (1912–2005) is an example of her signature style, which involved the motif of the double and the technique of combination printing—a creative method that she developed in her work for illustrated magazines in the 1940s. Heinrich was an accomplished portrait, theater, and cinema photographer whose portraits of glamorous celebrities regularly appeared on the covers of Argentina’s major illustrated magazines. In addition to her successful professional career, Heinrich was also a dedicated participant in photo club culture. Her dedication is embodied in a unique collage that documents the global travels of Double Profile during the 1940s and 1950s through international photo club exhibitions in Latin America, USA, Europe, and Asia. In conversation with a forthcoming major exhibition “Global Pictorialism” at Tate Modern in London (2025–2026), this talk highlights the legacy of the photo club network. - 4
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Original Etchings by Emil Singer – Transatlantic Connections at the Jewish Museum Vienna
In 2019 and 2023, the Jewish Museum Vienna received two separate donations of original etchings by Austrian artist Emil Singer (1881–1942) from two American collectors. The artworks depict a pastel-colored Alt-Wien (Old Vienna) featuring opulent buildings on the Ringstrasse and the romantic idyll of the Viennese countryside, among other scenes. The works were produced predominantly during the Interwar Period when the Habsburg monarchy had been dissolved and the fledgling First Republic of Austria was founded. During this time, tourism began to flourish. The etchings proved an affordable, yet still valuable art form and souvenir. Through an analysis of a small selection of etchings, this lecture takes a deep dive into the interwoven stories behind these nostalgic renderings: It will explore the artist’s continued efforts to earning a living despite the Nuremberg Laws and his American clientele’s (ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to save him from persecution, the dedication of particular individuals in keeping Emil Singer’s legacy alive in the decades following the Holocaust, and issues of provenance and restitution. - 3
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The Art and Career of Yasuo Kuniyoshi
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