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: (100)
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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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Chester Harding - Harriet Gardner Denny 1833 oil on canvas Telfair Museum of Art American
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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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Chair, Easy, 1758 Made by Caleb Gardner (d. 1761)American; Made in New England, Newport, Rhode
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Alexander Calder Lollipops Color lithograph 1976
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Alexander Calder Papillon Color lithograph 1975
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Alexander Calder Flying Colors Color lithograph 1976
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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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John Coles, Jr., American, 1776-80–1854 Young William Dehon 1809 Oil on canvas 129.54 x 100.33
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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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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 Western Landscape with Tepees Oil on board 10.48
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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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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. 1792 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Trumbull - Alexander Hamilton c. 1806 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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George Peter Alexander Healy, American, 1813-1894 Mrs. Charles Morey (Anna Chadbourne, later Mrs. David E.
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Covered box Box; Bottom Chinese Ming dynasty, Ming dynasty, Longqing period (1567-72) China Jingdezhen porcelain
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Anonymous Portrait of Alexander von Fielitz, composer photograph 1913
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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 Homage to Calder ([New York: Tudor, 1972]) book with color lithograph 1972
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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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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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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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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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Mary Cassatt - Alexander J. Cassatt c. 1880 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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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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Henry Raeburn - Mrs. Alexander Campbell of Possil 18-19th century oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Scottish
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James McNeill Whistler - Alexander Arnold Hannay c. 1896 oil on wood National Gallery of Art American
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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 Fair Time - "The wheel of Fortune"from Harper's Weekly,6 May 1876 Wood Engraving 19th - 20th century
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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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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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Alexander Calder Composition, p. 61, from the book Prints from the Mourlot Press Color lithograph on Arches paper 1964
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W. Biscombe Gardner Unloading a French Herring Boat at Boulogne - Pages 862 & 863, from Harper's Weekly, 21 Oct. 1876. wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau - He Careth 1883 oil on canvas Philbrook Museum of Art American
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Daniel Gardner - The Hon. Mrs. Gray c. 1785-1790 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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W. Biscombe Gardner Albert Durer sketching the panorama of Antwerp in 1520-pages 446 & 447,from Harper's Weekly23 May 1874 wood engraving 19th - 20th century
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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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Donato Creti - Alexander the Great Threatened by His Father 1700-1705 oil on canvas National Gallery 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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Joesph Blackburn - Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) 1754 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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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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James Ensor, Belgian, 1860-1949 Still Life with Sea Shells 1923 Oil on panel 44.5 x
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Elizabeth Jane Gardner - The Shepherd David c. 1895 oil on canvas National Museum of Women in the Arts American
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George Gardner Symons - Covered Bridge n.d. oil on canvas Art Complex Museum at Duxbury American
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Lincoln on Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland
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Portrait of Alexander the Great
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Gardner Cox - Lessing J. Rosenwald 1955 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gardner Cox - Earl Warren 1963 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Henry Alexander Three Musicians with Dog oil on panel 19th century
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Henry Alexander My Sister Rae oil on panel circa 1880
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Walter Crane, English, 1845-1915 The King"s Guards Rescue the Miller"s Son from Pretended Drowning, one
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A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia
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Walter Crane, English, 1845-1915 Tulips, One of three Illustrations to Flora"s Feast 1889 Hand-colored lithograph
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Henry Alexander The First Lesson (The Taxidermist) oil on canvas 1885
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Alexander Browne Charles I with his son 17th - 18th century
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Henry Alexander Girl By a Fountain oil on canvas 19th century
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Alexander Brook Supine lithograph 1934
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Henry Alexander Neglecting Business oil on canvas 1887
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Palma Il Giovane - The Humiliation of Emperor Federic Barbarosa before Pope Alexander III and Doge 1fter 1575 chalk and ink Arkansas Arts Center Italian
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Alexander the Great Rescued from the River Cydnus Pietro Testa (Italian, Roman, 1612-1650)Oil on canvas;
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William Alexander Coulter Pilot Boat and Bark oil on canvas 1881
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Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate
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Alexander Helwig Wyant Landscape oil on canvas circa 1885
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Alexander G. Weygers Offering procession in Bali 1937
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Alexander G. Weygers Ketjaehaeng flowers in Bali 1939
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Simon Alexander Hart Buffon 19th century
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William Alexander Coulter Harbor at Night oil on canvas 1887
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Henry Alexander Nude Children with Nurse oil on panel 19th century
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Henry Wolf Alexander Hamilton 1898
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Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich (Harriet Alexander, 1888-1972), 1909 Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)Oil on
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Alexander Schilling The Plowed Field pastel 1906
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Martha Alexander Girl's Head Screenprint 1949
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Alexander Gerbig Huehnervolk Wood cut 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Gerbig Pfingsttanz Wood cut 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Gerbig Armensuppe Wood cut 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Walker Cutters Green Etching 1922
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Daniel Gardner, British, about 1750-1805 Presumed Portrait of Mrs. A. Clarke Pastel on paper 25.7
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Alexander Nepote Snow Ridge Cascade oil and tempera on canvas 20th century
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Alexander Pope The Trumpeter Swan oil on canvas 1900
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Mizuno Toshikata, Japanese, 1866-1908 Ban-Banzai For the Great Japanese Empire!: Illustration of the Assault on
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Alexander Gerbig Der Verlorene Sohn Wood cut 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Gerbig Schnitter (Harvesters) Wood cut 19th - 20th century
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Alexander Gerbig Mutter und Kind Wood cut 19th - 20th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (12)
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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...
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 ...
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...
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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