Robert S. Redfield
Illustration — A New England Landscape - c. 1900 Robert Stuart Redfield (2 May 1849 – 28 Apr 1921) was an American photographer from Philadelphia involved in pictorialism. He was a president of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement.
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- Robert S. Redfield was born on 1 January 1849. · New York City.
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Illustration — A New England Landscape - c. 1900 Robert Stuart Redfield (2 May 1849 – 28 Apr 1921) was an American photographer from Philadelphia involved in pictorialism. He was a president of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement.
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Robert S. Redfield (died 1923) was an American photographer. The photographer was born in New York City. Robert S. Redfield worked in Philadelphia.
Languages used include English. Works by the photographer are held at Cleveland Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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Redfield was born in New York City, the third child of Mary Jane and John Howard Redfield. He married Mary Thibault Guillou, and with her had four children, including the mathematician J. Howard Redfield and the naturalist Alfred C.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Philadelphia. Work by Robert S. Redfield is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art and J. Paul Getty Museum.
The authorities additionally record the headings Robert Stuart Redfield, Robert Redfield and R. His recorded language was English. He was the child of John Howard Redfield and Mary Jane Redfield. 3 children are recorded: Alfred C. Howard Redfield and Mary Whitney Redfield. Other recorded relations include William C. Recognition and collections. Work by Robert S. Paul Getty Museum.
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1849
Robert S. Redfield was born on 1 January 1849.
1921
Robert S. Redfield died on 28 April 1921.
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Robert S. Redfield was born at New York City.
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- 1.Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Catalogue of the Amon Carter Museum Photography Collection. Amon Carter Museum. 454. 1993. 978-0-88360-063-4.
- 2.Fels, Thomas Weston. Catalogue of Photography. The Cleveland Museum of Art. 462. 1996. 978-0-940717-39-8.
- 3.Homer, William Innes. Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession, 1902. Viking Studio. 132. 2002. 978-0-670-03038-5.
- 4.Redfield, John Howard. Genealogical History of the Redfield Family in the United States. Munsell & Rowland. 209–210. 1860.
- 5.Lloyd, E. Keith. J. Howard Redfield 1879–1944. Journal of Graph Theory. 8. 2. 195–203. 1984. 10.1002/jgt.3190080203.
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