o beingpainted, and it was obvious that the photographvas belter than the painting, yet the latter wasapplauded as a work of art, while his photographwas used surreptitiously to correct the paintersdeficiencies of observation. To Stieglitz the resultwas the thing, and then and there began his… … BY ALFRED STIEGLITZ which was destined to exert a powerful influenceon art. It was part of the same thing that Whis-tler was then fighting for, only attacked from a dif-ferent angle. Whistler contended that mere rep-resentation was not to be considered as art, andevery canvas from his brush was a…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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