Artist: William Eggleston (1939 - )
Nationality: American
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
William Eggleston was raised on a cotton plantation in Mississippi. His photography is based on his life growing up in the South. His early work was created in a large black and white format and depicted everyday country subjects. He later began experimenting with color and held an influential solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976 entitled William Eggleston’s Guide. Eggleston currently lives in Memphis.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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William Oberhardt Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1949
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
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Gregor Duncan Portrait Sketch of George T. Eggleston red chalk 1935
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Karl Godwin Portrait of George T. Eggleston charcoal 1950
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George T. Eggleston The Stout Lady for College Humor pen and black ink 1935
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George T. Eggleston "I won't mind this atoll" Cover for Judge Magazine 1929
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
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George T. Eggleston Collegiate Types for College Humor pen and black ink 20th century
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George T. Eggleston "I won't mind this atoll" Cover for Judge Magazine ink and watercolor 1929
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William Eggleston - Memphis 1975 dye transfer print Corcoran Gallery of Art American
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Memphis
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William Oberhardt Sketch of Mr. Trevor charcoal 1952
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Southhaven, Mississippi
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William Steig Merry Christmas watercolor 1933
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William Eggleston - Huntsville, Alabama 1978 dye transfer print Milwaukee Art Museum American
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William Eggleston - Near the River at Greenville, Mississippi 1984 chromogenic process Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Arthur William Brown Miss Manhattan for College Humor graphite 1930
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Nashville
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William Eggleston - Halloween, Outskirts of Morton, Mississippi 1971 dye transfer print High Museum of Art American
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Gregor Duncan The Mad Tea Party, cartoon design for Life Magazine ink and watercolor 1935
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
J. Paul Getty Museum -
New Orleans
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Gregor Duncan The Walrus and the Carpenter , cartoon design for Life Magazine ink and watercolor 1935
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Gregor Duncan Alice in Newdealand , cartoon design for for Life Magazine ink and watercolor 1936
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Memphis
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
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Joseph Pennell Eggleston Abbey, From the River Lithograph 1899
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Tennessee
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mississippi
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Morton, Mississippi
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Greenwood, Mississippi
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Memphis
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John Held Jr. Canoeing for Life Magazine pen and ink 1927
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John Groth Untitled graphite, watercolor and wash 1929
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Jo Spier Christmas Greeting ink and watercolor 1951
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Robert James Day " Ah! the first robin" for Life Magazine black ink and wash 1935
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Ralph Barton I know it's here somewhere... for College Humor drawing, ink and wash 1930
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Russell Patterson Showgirl, design for for Life Magazine graphite, ink, and watercolor 1933
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Stevan Dohanos Untitled (Island boy) tempera on brown paper 1951
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Jo Spier Christmas Greeting ink and watercolor on folded sheet 1953
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Gluyas Williams The Museum of Fine Art - for Life Magazine black ink 1926
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Arthur H. Young "I've Got to Cut My Overhead...", cartoon design for Life Magazine black ink circa 1920
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Kin Hubbard Untitled, for the magazine College Humor black ink 1930
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John Norton Keep These Off the U.S.- World War I Poster lithograph poster 1918
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John Held Jr. Untitled (boy and girl on a couch) for the magazine College Humor black ink circa 1930
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Robert Chesley Osborn Yale, cartoondesign for the magazine College Humor black ink circa 1930
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Gluyas Williams The Woman Who Snapped Her Purse During the Andante - for Life Magazine black ink 1925
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Charles Dana Gibson The Old Cover Artist Goes Landscape Unfinished cover for Life Magazine pen and ink 1922
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Robert James Day " Every time Henry looks at the financial page...", cartoon for Life Magazine black ink and wash 1935
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Winsor McCay The Slump in Wall Street, Editorial cartoon for The Hearst Papers black ink 1932
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George McManus "If the Erie Canal wuz only like this!", Bringing Up Father cartoon for the magazine College Humor black ink 1930
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Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg "Baseball and Business Can Go Hand in Hand", cartoon for the magazine, College Humor pen and ink 1930
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Ralph Barton Untitled (1904 presidential election) for College Humor ink and watercolor 19th - 20th century
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Alice Harvey "Darling, I'm afraid I broke a vertebra!" for Life Mgazine pencil 1930
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Gluyas Williams Immigrant Number 15001, cartoon design for Life Magazine black ink circa 1923
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James Gillray Pacific Overtures, or a Flight from St. Cloud's Engraving with hand watercolor 1806
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Albert Viale Caricature of Mayor James "Jimmy" Walker of New York - for Life Magazine watercolor 1932
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George Cruikshank The Last March of the Conscripts: April 7, 1814 Engraving and watercolor 18th - 19th century
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Gluyas Williams The Guest Who Took the Term Lounge Room Seriously, cartoon design for Life Magazine black ink and color pencil circa 1925
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Abner Dean Mr. Life - Mr. Herold, cartoon to accompany column of movie criticism by Don Herold in Life Magazine pen and black ink 1934
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Samuel William Reynolds, Senior William, Youngest Son of Lord William Russell Mezzotint 18th - 19th century
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William Faithorne The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) Book with 9 etchings with engraving 1662
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William Henry Watt William Lourdsworth 19th century
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William Page - Mrs. William Page 1860-61 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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Arthur William Devis - The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire c. 1786 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art English
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William Nicholson London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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William Page - Colonel William Leete Stone 1839 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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William Nicholson An Almanac of Twelve Sports (London: William Heinemann, 1898) book with color plates 1898
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William Bagdatopoulos - Dr. William Henry Holmes 1929 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum American
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William Nicholson Any Bar, twelfth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Hammersmith, fifth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Kensington, second plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson The Tower, third plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Merritt Chase - Portrait of President William Waugh Smith 1907 oil on canvas The Maier Museum of Art American
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Adriaen Pynacker William of Orange (William III) Commemorative Plate polychrome tin - glazed earthenware 1690
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William Hancock Wilke William Andrew Clark, Jr. Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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William Nicholson The Horse Guards, first plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Any Corner, eleventh plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson Rotten Row, sixth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Nicholson The City, ninth plate in the book London Types (London: William Heinemann, 1898) color plate 1898
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William Faithorne How to Use the Oval Points..., plate 5 opposite page 15 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne How to Dry or Harden the Varnish..., plate 2 opposite page 9 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne Hot to Choose Your Needles..., plate 3 opposite page 10 in te book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Faithorne Hot to Guide Your Needles..., plate 4 opposite page 12 in the book The Art of Graveing and Etching by William Faithorne (London: William Faithorne, 1662) etching with engraving 1662
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840
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William Henry Bartlett plate opposite page ? in the book The Danube by William Beattie (London & New York: Virtue & Co., [ca. 1840]) engraving 1840

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (14)
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: William Eggleston: Los Alamos
Initially meant to appear in book form as an encyclopedic twenty-volume portfolio of more than two thousand photographs, the Los Alamos series was put aside by the artist in order to work on other projects, and many of the negatives were never pri...
Laurence Miller Gallery: OASES: A Group Show of Photography
The landscape has always provided artists with an infinite range of choices for personal expression, whether it be the depiction of a holy place or the carnage of a battlefield. The ten artists selected for OASES each bring a different interpretat...
Photographer's Gallery: A New York Odyssey: Photographs by Dolores Marat
I love to be lost in New York, despite the fact that I don1t speak the language. For me, it has an incredible playfulness. As I have never come across French newspapers, I don't know what is going on. I have the sensation of being a str...
Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Aspects of Architecture
Aspects of Architecture will be displayed in four sections: Making the Record, Construction, Looking in Detail and Architecture as Art. The images on display will range from Stonehenge, the Millennium Dome and the construction of the Paris Oper...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Seeing Things: Photographing Objects 1850-2001
It features many of the greatest practitioners of photography, including Julia Margaret Cameron, Eugene Atget, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Helen Chadwick as well as prominent younger photographers. Natural Things ...
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: Open City: Street Photographs 1950-2000
Open City: Street Photographs 1950-2000 begins at the point at which photographers began to make work that was in part a reaction to this established vocabulary, and at the same time a continuation and extension of its tradition.  The exhibition w...
Victoria and Albert Museum: Guy Bourdin in the Main Galleries as Prep is Made for New Galleries
The new Photography Gallery will provide visitors with a superb resource, serving as an introduction to the history of photography and to the national collection of the art of photography. The photography collection began in 1852 and now holds 300...
photo san francisco, Stephen Cohen Gallery: 5th annual San Francisco Photographic Art Exposition Opened Yesterday
The phenomenal success of photo san francisco has attracted more than 70 galleries andprivate dealers from the United States and around the world presenting the finest photographic art ranging from rare 19th century prints to the most progressive ...
Corcoran Gallery of Art: Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art Selections from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell
Dedicated to building bridges between cultural understanding and art, Julia "Judy" Norrell has assembled an outstanding collection that addresses the notion of a collective past and the role of memory and activism in finding common ground among di...
Whitney Museum of American Art: Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2000
Curator Sylvia Wolf's selection focuses on artists who live and work in this country. Portraits, landscapes, street photographs, and genre subjects will be featured, including works by Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, Matthew Barney, Dawoud Bey, Nancy B...
Sprengel Musuem: How you look at it: 20th-century Photography
The exhibition How you look at it. 20th-century Photography offers a chance to take stock. It starts by showing how photography has greatly increased in popularity in recent years, mainly obvious by its growing presence in museums w...
Palazzo Ducale: Arti and Architettura: 1900 - 2000
A utopian adventure, encroaching sometimes into “archisculpture”, whose protagonists – artists and architects from Kazimir Malevich to Vladmir Tatlin, from Antonio Sant'Elia to Giuseppe Terragni, from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to Piet Mondrian, f...
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Open City: Street Photographs since 1950
On the opening day, the exhibition's co-curators--Kerry Brougher, the Hirshhorn's chief curator, and Russell Ferguson, deputy director/chief curator of the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles--will discuss the show in a slide illustrated "Curators' Ta...
Delaware Art Museum: An American Century of Photography: From Dry-plate to Digital, The Hallmark Photographic Collection

Further Artwork and Information:

Salon Brilliant Careers | William Eggleston
William Eggleston (Getty Museum)
DeCordova Collects Photographs: Recent Acquisitions
William Eggleston artist portrait, brief biography and art
Masters of Photography: William Eggleston
William Eggleston Online
Profotos - William Eggleston
Amazon.com: Books: William Egglestons Guide
WILLIAM EGGLESTON
Amazon.com: Books: William Eggleston: The Hasselblad Award 1998

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