Artist: Peter Henry Emerson (1856 - 1936)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography
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Biography:
Peter Henry Emerson was born in Cuba and lived there until his family moved to England during his teenage years. He became a physician and scientist, but eventually began photographing as a hobby at the age of twenty-six. He preferred rural subjects displayed in a simplistic manner. In 1889, his book Naturalistic Photography argued that pictures should imitate nature rather than alter it. Emerson was an involved speaker and writer about this issue and became a leading figure in the Photo-Secessionist movement that was founded in 1902 by Alfred Stieglitz.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
Gathering Water Lilies
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Peter Henry Emerson Title: Gathering Waterlilies Date: 1886 Medium: platinum print Dimensions: H.7-7/8 x
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Peter Henry Emerson The Last Gate Hand pulled gravure print from glass negative 1895
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Peter Van Valkenburgh Ralph Waldo Emerson lithograph 1938
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Peter Henry Emerson Gunner Working up to Fowl, Plate Nineteen of Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads Platinum print 1886
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Peter Henry Emerson - Poling the Marsh Hay 1886 platinum print The Royal Photographic Society English
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Henry Wolf Portrait of Dr. Emerson 1895
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Henry Wolf Portrait of Professor Emerson wood engraving 1897
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Henry Emerson Tuttle Cock Grouse drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Peter Henry Emerson - Rowing Home the Schoof-Stuff 1886 platinum print Cleveland Museum of Art British
Museum of Fine Arts -
Peter Henry Emerson, English, 1856-1936 A Ruined Water Mill about 1886 Photograph, platinum print Image/Sheet:
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Henry Emerson Tuttle Head of Sharp-shinned Hawk drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Charles Christian Nahl Mary Ellis Emerson as a Child oil on canvas 1858
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Peter Van Valkenburgh Henry David Thoreau lithograph 1938
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Peter Paul Rubens - The Reconciliation of King Henry III and Henry of Navarre 1628 oil on panel Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Flemish
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Casper Emerson Help Them Keep Your War Savings Pledge - World War I Poster lithograph poster circa 1917 - 1918
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Sir Henry Capel (1638-1696) Sir Peter Lely (Pieter van der Faes) (Dutch, 1618-1680)Oil on canvas;
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Peter Wtewael - The Denial of Peter 1620's oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Triumph of Henry IV, sketch, 1627-31 Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 19
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Susanna and the Elders Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)Oil on wood; 18 1/4
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Michele Giambono - Saint Peter c. 1445-1450 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Hans Hofmann - Struwel Peter 1965 Oil on Canvas University of California, Berkeley Art Museum American
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Maud Molyneux - Portrait of Peter early 20th cent oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums English
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Gerrit van Honthorst - The Denial of St. Peter c. 1623 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Dutch
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Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger - The Liberation of St Peter 1615 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Marco Zoppo - Saint Peter c. 1468 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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John Singer Sargent - Peter A. B. Widener 1902 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Hendrik van Steenwyck the younger - The Liberation of St Peter 1626 oil on panel The Fitzwilliam Museum Flemish
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Georges de la Tour - St. Peter Repentant 1645 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Nicolas Tournier - The Denial of St. Peter c. 1630 oil on canvas High Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts -
Attributed to Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640 Formerly attributed to Bartolomeo Passarotti, Italian, 1529-1592
Museum of Fine Arts -
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (active England), 1834-1903 Annie Haden 1860 Drypoint Platemark: 34.9 x
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Carlo Crivelli - Saints Peter and Paul c. 1470's egg tempera on popla The National Gallery, London Italian
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Carlo Crivelli - Saint Peter the Apostle c. 1470 tempera on wood pane The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Peter Milton Pl.II-2 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James Etchings 1971
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Mary Brandish Way - Portrait of Peter Richards n.d. watercolor on silk h Florence Griswold Museum American
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Leonard Bramer - The Liberation of Saint Peter c. 1625 oil on slate Los Angeles County Museum of Art Dutch
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Pietro da Cortona - The Calling of St Peter and St Andrew 1626-1630 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum Italian
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Charles Poerson - St. Peter Preaching in Jerusalem 1642 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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Felice Torelli - Martyrdom of St. Peter Martyr c. 1727 oil on laid paper The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Peter Milton Pl.III-7 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-3 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-4 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-6 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-2 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-5 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-4 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-3 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-4 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-3 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-1 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-7 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-6 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-5 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.I-1 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-5 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-2 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-6 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.II-7 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Peter Milton Pl.III-1 from the Portfolio The Jolly Corner - Text by Henry James etching 1971
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Gerard David - Saint Peter and a Donor c. 1515 oil on oak The National Gallery, London Netherlandish
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Peter Takal City at Dawn Color lithograph 20th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640 Studies of a River God 1620-25 Black chalk, squared
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George Peter Alexander Healy Key brass 20th century
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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli - St. John and St. Peter at Christ's Tomb c. 1640 oil on silvered copp Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, 1655 Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594-1665)Oil on canvas;
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Duccio di Buoninsegna - The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew 1308-1311 tempera on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Bernardino da Asola - The Death of Saint Peter Martyr 1540's oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Plate with Saint Peter (Piatto)
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Arthur Rackham "Peter screamed out, "Do it again"...", illustration no. 16 referring to page 35 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907) color offset lithograph 1907
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Arthur Rackham "Peter Pan is the fairies' orchestra" , illustration no. 33 referring to page 66 in the book Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie (New York: Charles Scribner*s Sons, 1907) color offset lithograph 1907
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George Peter Alexander Healy Necklace silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Bracelet silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Bracelet silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Earring silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Anklet brass 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Earring silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Bracelet silver 20th century
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Peter Halm Landscape Etching 1895
Museum of Fine Arts -
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844-1926 Afternoon tea party, La tasse de thé, 1891 Afternoon Tea
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Asher Brown Durand - Dance on the Battery in the Presence of Peter Stuyvesant 1838 oil on canvas Museum of the City of New York American
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Annibale Carracci - Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way 1601-1602 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Anonymous St. Peter 19th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst Title: The Denial of St. Peter Date: about 1620 - 1625
Museum of Fine Arts -
Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844-1926 The Letter (La Lettre) 1890-91 Drypoint and aquatint in color,
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Anton von Maron - Portrait of Peter du Cane (1741-1823) 1763 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Austrian
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Daniel Nicholas Chodowiecki Peter the Great embracing a woman condemned to be beheaded (Peter the Great shows his severity in criminal laws!!) Engraving 18th - 19th century
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Francisco Zurbaran - St. Peter Nolasco Recovering the Image of the Virgin 1630 oil on canvas Cincinnati Art Museum Spanish
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Peter Van Valkenburgh Abraham Lincoln lithograph 1938
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Peter Van Valkenburgh Albert Einstein lithograph 1939
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Peter Van Valkenburgh John J. Audubon lithograph 1938
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Peter Van Valkenburgh John Burroughs lithograph 1939
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Peter Max Witnessing From Above Color screenprint 1972
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Peter Baczek Duboce Street Etching And Aqu 1978
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Peter Max Astral Thinker Screenprint 1970
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George Peter Alexander Healy Gri-Gri Necklace silver and string 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Cross of Zinder silver 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Necklace bronze and beads 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Necklace silver beads 20th century
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George Peter Alexander Healy Gri-Gri Fetish Necklace silver 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (9)
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Thomas Erben Gallery: Sarah Emerson: Do the Collapse
Her colorful, yet muted paintings combine a variety of visual references ranging from dead bucks, barren trees, to pop inspired abstract elements. The images occupy the entire surface, which is rendered flatly, not unlike camouflage patterning. ...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Photogravure: Photographs in Ink
Photographers who have used this process include P. H. Emerson, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward S. Curtis, Paul Strand, Lee Friedlander, and Bernice Ficek-Swenson. This exhibition features about 75 photogravures, ...
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: A Curious and Ingenious Art: Reflections on Daguerreotypes at Harvard
Daguerreotypy, invented in 1839 by the Frenchman Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, was a method of capturing an image projected by a camera obscura onto silver-coated copper plates. In this process, the plates were sensitized with iodine vapor, expose...
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art: American Modern, 1925-1940: Design For A New Age
Tracing the rise of the American decorative aesthetic through the work of 50 celebrated masters of design, the exhibition features objects that have come to symbolize life in America in the 1920s and 30s. The exhibition is organized by The Metropo...
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: Ed Ruscha: Paintings, Drawings and Books 1961-2001
When I began painting, all my paintings were of words which were guttural utterances like Smash, Boss, Eat.  Those words were like flowers in a vase; I just happened to paint words like someone else paints flowers.  Ed Ruscha Ed Ruscha has t...
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: Winners of the Smithsonian American Art Museums New Media-New Century Award Announced
We are thrilled to award this prize to three outstanding artists, said Elizabeth Broun, the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Margaret and Terry Stent Director. Remaining on the cutting edge where art meets technology has always been o...
Appleton Museum of Art: American Impressions: An Arcadian Vision, Paintings from the Akron Art Museum
They often employed European impressionistic techniques to convey pastoral beauty, rather than embracing the bustle and pollution of their industrializing nation. They painted tranquil landscapes and dreamy portraits of women, aiming to fulfill t...
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Marsden Hartley: First Retrospective in over 20 Years
Widely acknowledged as the greatest of the early American modernists, Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) belonged to a circle of artists promoted by photographer and gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz that included Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Arthur Dove, ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Exhibition Reveals Lee Krasner’s Crucial Contributions to Modern Art
Organized by Independent Curators International, this revealing exhibition demonstrates Krasner’s lifelong refusal to settle on a single style with which to express her artistic and personal concerns, and examines her position as one of the most...

Further Artwork and Information:

Peter Henry Emerson (1856 - 1936) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Peter Henry Emerson (Getty Museum)
A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: EMERSON, Dr. Peter Henry
Peter Henry Emerson s quotes @ PhotoQuotes.com - Quotations from the World of Photograpy
Peter Henry Emerson - Photographic Essays
George Eastman House Peter Henry Emerson Series
Peter Henry Emerson
Vintage Photographs - PETER HENRY EMERSON - From a Collection of Fine Photographs by well-known Artists, including ...
Vintage Photographs - PETER HENRY EMERSON - From a Collection of Fine Photographs by well-known Artists, including ...
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