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Alvin Langdon Coburn

British and American photographer, born United States

Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
Born in Boston in 1882, Coburn emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1912 and became a naturalized British citizen in 1932. Coburn was a founding member of the Photo Secession, New York City, in 1902, and of the Pictorial Photographers of America in 1916. Coburn was associated with the Linked Ring in 1903, and the Royal Photographic Society in the United Kingdom. He died in Wales in 1966.

Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500010929.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.

Objects related to Alvin Langdon Coburn:

Alvin Langdon Coburn From Westminster Bridge, London, ca. 1906-1910 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Trafalger Square, London, ca. 1906-1910 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Paddington Canal, London, ca. 1906-1910 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Andrew Lang, St. Andrews, August 27th, 1904, 1904 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Frank Brangwyn, Hammersmith, September 8, 1904, 1904 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Portrait of George Bernard Shaw, 1908 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn The Duck Pond, 1908 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn The Road to Algeciras, Spain, 1908 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn El Toro, 1908 Photogravure
Alvin Langdon Coburn Rodin, 1908 Photogravure on Japanese paper on original wove paper mount
Alvin Langdon Coburn Portrait of Robert Briggs, 1908 Photogravure
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