Artist: Alexander Gardner (1821 - 1882)
Nationality: American
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Media: Photography, Printmaking
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Biography:
Alexander Gardner started out as a reporter and editor for a newspaper in Glasgow, Scotland. He dreamed up a socialist society that he founded in Iowa, but never joined. He instead settled in New York and became Matthew Brady’s assistant. He managed Brady’s gallery in Washington D.C. until the American Civil War began in 1861. While working at another studio of Brady’s, Gardner produced many of the Potomac Army Photographs. In 1866, he published Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War that consisted of one hundred photographs of the Civil War done by himself and other artists including Timothy O’Sullivan and John Reekie. The book was unsuccessful and Gardener spent the remainder of his life living in and photographing the American West.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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J. Paul Getty Museum -
A Harvest of Death
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Timothy H. O*Sullivan Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, no. 37 from the book, Photographic Sketch-book of the War (Washington: Alexander Gardner, 1866) albumen print mounted on a heavier sheet 1863
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Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
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Trestle Bridge Near Fort Harker, Kansas
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Alexander Gardner Lewis Powell (Alias Payne), Conspirator, Seated and Manacled, April, 1865 from the book, The Album of the Lincoln Conspiracy (Washington: Alexander Gardner, 1866) albumen print 1865
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John White Alexander, American, 1856-1915 Mrs. J. Randolph Coolidge, Jr. (Mary Hamilton Hill) 1894 Oil
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Alexander Gardner, American, 1821-1882 Ruins of Paper Mill, Richmond, Virginia (Franklin paper mill and arsenal)
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Armée du Potomac : les généraux de division (1861 entre ; 1865 et) by GARDNER Alexander (?) ; BRADY STUDIO (?)
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Chester Harding - Harriet Gardner Denny 1833 oil on canvas Telfair Museum of Art American
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L'Etat-Major de l'armée du Potomac (1861 entre ; 1865 et) by GARDNER Alexander (?) ; BRADY STUDIO (?)
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Dennis Miller Bunker, American, 1861-1890 George Augustus Gardner 1888 Oil on canvas 111.76 x 91.44
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Cosmo Alexander - Alexander Grant 1770 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago
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William Hart, American, 1823-1894 Birches 1855 Oil on canvas 43.5 x 24.45 cm (17 1/8
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Alfred T. Ordway, American, 1821-1897 Landscape about 1868 Oil on paperboard 27.62 x 34.92 cm
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Alexander Calder Lollipops Color lithograph 1976
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Alexander Calder Papillon Color lithograph 1975
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Les Gardner-Serpollet dans le Circuit des Ardennes (un joli virage) (1904 expédié en) by anonyme (photographe)
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Alexander Calder Flying Colors Color lithograph 1976
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Chair, Easy, 1758 Made by Caleb Gardner (d. 1761)American; Made in New England, Newport, Rhode
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Bernardo Rosselli - The Triumph of Alexander c. 1485 tempera and gilding Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Edgar Degas - Alexander and Bucephalus 1861-1862 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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George Romney - Mrs. Alexander Blair 1787-1789 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Anonymous Portrait of Alexander von Fielitz, composer photograph 1913
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Alexander Calder Homage to Calder ([New York: Tudor, 1972]) book with color lithograph 1972
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Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander, John White Alexander (United States, Pennsylvania, Allegheny City, 1856 - 1915) , 1902, Oil on canvas
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George Peter Alexander Healy, American, 1813-1894 Mrs. Charles Morey (Anna Chadbourne, later Mrs. David E.
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John Coles, Jr., American, 1776-80–1854 Young William Dehon 1809 Oil on canvas 129.54 x 100.33
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Vincent Van Gogh - Portrait of Alexander Reid c. 1887 oil on canvas Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at The University of Oklahoma Dutch
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Winthrop Chandler, American, 1747-1790 The Battle of Bunker Hill about 1776-77 Oil on panel 88.58
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Mary Cassatt - Alexander J. Cassatt c. 1880 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879 Italian Peasant Boy 1866 Oil on canvas 99.06 x 64.77
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John Williamson, American (born in Scotland), 1826-1885 Mountainous Landscape 1870"s Oil on board 10.79 x
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John Williamson, American (born in Scotland), 1826-1885 Western Landscape with Tepees Oil on board 10.48
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Charles-Andre Van Loo - The Victory of Alexander of Porus c. 1738 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art French
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James McNeill Whistler - Alexander Arnold Hannay c. 1896 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Raeburn - Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil 18-19th century oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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Jean Audran From the Battles of Alexander the Great: Alexander attacking Perseus engraving etching 17th - 18th century
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Alexander Calder untitled plate at p. 29 in the book Homage to Calder ([New York: Tudor, 1972]) color lithograph 1972
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Robert Feke - Captain Alexander Graydon c. 1746 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Henry Raeburn - Portrait of Alexander Home c. 1810 oil on canvas Brooks Museum Scottish
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Covered box Box; Bottom Chinese Ming dynasty, Ming dynasty, Longqing period (1567-72) China Jingdezhen porcelain
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Frans van den Wyngaerde Mary Magdalene assuming Christ to be a gardner Engraving 17th century
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Alexander Calder Composition, p. 61, from the book Prints from the Mourlot Press Color lithograph on Arches paper 1964
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Yokoyama Taikan, Japanese, 1868-1958 Waves in Moonlight Unmounted Japanese Meiji era, about 1904 Japan Unmounted;
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Aphrodite and Eros Figurine Greek Hellenistic Period, mid to later third century B.C. Turkey, (Myrina)
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Donato Creti - Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father 1700-1705 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Alexander the Great with the Women of Darius 1750-53 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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William Hamilton - Alexander Masterton and His Wife and Children 1834 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Dubrowskij / Alexander Puschkin : [Deutsch von Alexander Eliasberg, Rudolf Schlichter (Germany, Calw, 1890 - 1955) , circa 1923-1904, Printed material
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W. Biscombe Gardner "Grinding a skate in Friesland"-pages 138 & 139,from Harper's Weekly,17 Feb. 1877. wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Joesph Blackburn - Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) 1754 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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W. Biscombe Gardner "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew"-pages 458 & 459,from Harper's Weekly3 June 1876 wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Frederic Porter Vinton, American, 1846-1911 Alexander Moseley 1880"s Oil on canvas 133.03 x 107 cm
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Yokoyama Taikan, Japanese, 1868-1958 Water Buffalo and Waterfall Hanging scroll Japanese Meiji era, about 1904
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W. Biscombe Gardner A Wild Indian Show- pages 962 & 963,from Harper's Weekly, 25 Nov. 1876. Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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W. Biscombe Gardner Fair Time - "The wheel of Fortune"from Harper's Weekly,6 May 1876 Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Archipenko : Retrospektive Ausstellung : Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Bildhauerwerke, Sculpto-Peinture, Alexander Archipenko (Ukraine, Kiev, 1887 - 1964) , 1921, Printed material

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (16)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: TV Dinner: Maurizio Cannavacciuolo
TV Dinner is the first contemporary exhibition by an Artist-in-Residence to provide a window into the creative process (through a literal window cut through the temporary door into the gallery), and as the first of an unprecedented five Artists-in...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Gentile Bellini and the East
The first-ever exhibition devoted to Gentile Bellini, Gentile Bellini and the East presents new findings about an important, little known period in Renaissance cultural history and Gentile's role as a painter in the court of the Ottoman sultan Meh...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Images Sprout and Grow at the Gardner: Work by Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
Their exhibition, entitled Presence and organized by Gardner Museum Contemporary Curator Pieranna Cavalchini, is part of an ongoing artist-in-residence program that enables artists to study the Gardner's preeminent collection and visitors to exper...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631
September 23, 2000-January 7, 2001 'Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt: Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631' Ten paintings, including the Gardner's early Self Portrait, and ten etchings...
fototeka: HAPPINESS, PRIMITIVES: A Travelogue of the Journey Back from Eden, Photographic Exhibition by Jennifer Gardner
Nin's text struck a resounding chord in me and helped guide the series. I was moved by her daringly honest self-exploration into the dark, native regions of her heart, and her courage to write about it so candidly, says Gardner. Nin used her perso...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: Henrik Hakansson: Artist in Residence
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a rare specimen of the Spix's Macaw itself, on loan from Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and never before displayed outside their private collection. Today, there exist only 30-60 known livin...
Forest City Gallery: Art Protest
Come out on Monday night and join your fellow revellers who want to make a point at the Auction night--  December 13,  1999 @ 5:30pm ...
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: New Work: Tim Gardner, Marcelino Goncalves, Zak Smith
Each of the three artists looks to highly formal realist traditions yet departs from convention by employing familiar styles in unexpected ways, invariably inserting himself into the work. Keenly aware of the questionable status of realism as well...
MASS MoCA: Video Art of Bostonian Denise Marika
Marika's work combines video and sculpture by confining or embedding a moving image in a physical structure. Working with her own body, the artist records activities or personal rituals exploring issues of power, control and vulnerability. He...
Childs Gallery: Etchings and Drypoints of Ignaz M. Gaugengigl (1855-1932), the “Meissonier of Boston.”
Of the 25 plates known to have been etched by Gaugengigl, several emulated his own paintings, including The Duel, 1902, Happy Hours, 1990 and Andante, 1898. His favorite subjects included French Revolution era genre pictures, costume studies and g...
Orange Regional Art Gallery: Visionary Art: Curated by Damian Michaels
All of the artwork exhibited in the show will be from The Collection Art Visionary - 30 to 35 artists representing over 12 countries. A catalogue is available through the gallery as well as through Art Visionary...
TransCultural Exchange: Conference 2009: Discover International Opportunities in the Arts
Special Addition for Conference Attendees: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115. Half-price admission for all Conference Attendees with their Conference badges throughout the Conference. Featuring residencies...
ArtSpace: Call for Papers: Spaces of Art An international conference on institutional / post-institutional curatorial and related practices in contemporary art
The past few years have seen this tendency widely discussed and just as widely critiqued, resulting in emergent discourses that might be characterised as ‘post-institutional’. Rather than simply rehearsing these accounts of the new institutionalis...
Gallery Neubacher: INMYSOLITUDE
The works are presented in collaboration of the following individuals or institutions:  Shauna McCabe and Confederation Centre Art Gallery (PEI), The Power Plant (Toronto), and MRI Foundation (Milan). ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Alison Norlen, th...
Bayly Art Museum: Domestic Objects and Optical Phenomena
Born in Havana in 1948, Morell makes familiar subjects - ordinary domestic objects and interiors, illustrated books and maps, his children at play - extraordinary by revealing the optical phenomena at work. Inspired in equal parts by the magi...
Peabody Essex Museum & Edo-Tokyo Museum: Cultural Riches of Early Japan-US Trade

The success of the Salem ships was fleeting, and it would be fifty-five years before Commodore Matthew Perry reestablished trade again so Americans could rediscover Japan’s rich culture.

A major exhibition organized jointly by the Peabody Esse...

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