Sidney carter artist biography
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Sidney Carter (1880, Toronto–1956, Montreal)
Softly rendered in sepia tones, this portrait of John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) by Sidney Carter (1880–1956) captures the painter famous for his bold, colourful portraits in profile.
Sidney carter artist biography
Carter’s homage to Sargent is fitting because he contributed to the Pictorialist movement, which sought to have photography celebrated as an art form. As both a photographer and an organizer of exhibitions, Carter tried to make connections between Canadian art and photography and international movements and leading figures.
The photograph is a pivotal one in Carter’s career: it was exhibited at the London Salon in 1921 and published in Vanity Fair in 1924.
Born in Toronto, Carter began his career in the Toronto Camera Club and was the first Canadian member (1902) of the New York–based Photo-Secession, founded by Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946).
Both Carter and Stieglitz focused on creating an audience for photographic art by exhibiting and