Arthur Leipzig
Encyclopedia
Arthur Leipzig is an American photographer who specializes in street photography and is known for his photographs of New York City
.
. From 1942 until 1946 he was a staff photographer for PM
. He also studied under Paul Strand
, and from 1947 worked as a freelance photojournalist, from 1963 combining this with teaching at C.W. Post College
of Long Island University
.
In 1955 Leipzig was invited to participate in the exhibition The Family of Man
at the Museum of Modern Art
in New York.
Leipzig worked for publication in Fortune
, Look
, Parade
, and Natural History
, as well as on "self-assignments": work that he decided to do by himself.
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Career
After sustaining a serious injury to his right hand while working at a glass wholesaler, Leipzig studied photography at the Photo League and with Sid GrossmanSid Grossman
Sid Grossman was an American photographer and the co-founder with Sol Libsohn of the Photo League. Grossman played numerous roles throughout the Photo League's existence . He organized classes in documentary photography...
. From 1942 until 1946 he was a staff photographer for PM
PM (newspaper)
PM was a leftist New York City daily newspaper published by Ralph Ingersoll from June 1940 to June 1948 and bankrolled by the eccentric Chicago millionaire Marshall Field III....
. He also studied under Paul Strand
Paul Strand
Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century...
, and from 1947 worked as a freelance photojournalist, from 1963 combining this with teaching at C.W. Post College
Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is a private institution of higher education located in Brookville in Nassau County, New York, United States...
of Long Island University
Long Island University
Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...
.
In 1955 Leipzig was invited to participate in the exhibition The Family of Man
The Family of Man
The Family of Man was a photography exhibition curated by Edward Steichen first shown in 1955 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.According to Steichen, the exhibition represented the 'culmination of his career'. The 508 photos by 273 photographers in 68 countries were selected from almost 2...
at the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York.
Leipzig worked for publication in Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
, Look
Look (American magazine)
Look was a bi-weekly, general-interest magazine published in Des Moines, Iowa from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles...
, Parade
Parade (magazine)
Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...
, and Natural History
Natural History (magazine)
Natural History is an American natural history magazine. The stated mission of the magazine is to promote public understanding and appreciation of nature and science.- History :...
, as well as on "self-assignments": work that he decided to do by himself.
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2005 Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, UMBC (BaltimoreBaltimore County, MarylandBaltimore County is a county located in the northern part of the US state of Maryland. In 2010, its population was 805,029. It is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Towson. The name of the county was derived from the barony of the Proprietor of the Maryland...
) - 2005–2006 "On Assignment", Columbus Museum of ArtColumbus Museum of ArtThe Columbus Museum of Art is an art museum located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio.-Building:...
(ColumbusColumbus, MississippiColumbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...
, MS) - 2007 "On Assignment: A Retrospective", Photographic Gallery (New York)
- 2008 "Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York", Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum (AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
). - 2009 "Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York", Städtische Galerie Iserlohn (IserlohnIserlohnIserlohn is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.-Geography:...
)
Selected group exhibitions
- 2003 "Looking for Leisure", Staley + Wise Gallery (New York)
- 2005 "Winter Selections", Gendell Gallery (San Francisco)
- 2006 "Right of Passage: Youth Culture from the Mid-Century", Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York)
- 2007 "New York, NY", Fifty One Fine Art Photography (Antwerp)
- 2009 "Sexy and the City - New York Photographs", Yossi Milo Gallery (New York)
- 2009 "Greenberg in Hamburg", Flo Peters Gallery (HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
) - 2010 "Family of Man", Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York)
Permanent collections
- Bibliothèque nationale de FranceBibliothèque nationale de FranceThe is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is intended to be the repository of all that is published in France. The current president of the library is Bruno Racine.-History:...
(Paris) - Brooklyn MuseumBrooklyn MuseumThe Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
- National Portrait GalleryNational Portrait Gallery (United States)The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in Washington, D.C., administered by the Smithsonian Institution. Its collections focus on images of famous individual Americans.-Building:...
(Washington, DC)
Photographic books
- Sarah’s Daughters: A Celebration of Jewish Women, published by Women’s American ORT, 1988
- Growing up in New York; Boston: David R. Godine, 1995 (ISBN 1567920519)
- On Assignment with Arthur Leipzig; Boston: Long Island University Press, 2005 (ISBN-10: 0913252026; ISBN-13: 978-0913252024)
- Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York; Munich / New York: Prestel, 2008