藝術家James Latimer ALLEN (1907-1977) 生平簡歷

出生地： NYC

地址： NYC, through c. 1942; Wash. DC, c. 1946-on

职业： Photographer

教育： apprenticed in photography with Stone, Van Dresser and Co., NYC, c. 1923 (when he was sixteen years old)

展出： Harmon Foundation Exh., 1927 (hon. men.), 1929, 1931 (prize), and the Harmon Foundation Touring exh., 1934-35; CI, 1928; Rotherham Salon, London, 1929, 1930; 1933; National Gallery of Art, 1933; PWAP Exh., 1934; Texas Centennial Expo., 1936; Portraiture and the Harlem Renaissance: The Photographs of James L. Allen," Yale Univ. Art Gal., 1999"

工作： Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Lib., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT

评论： Artist-photographer who produced portraits of the cultural leaders of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and 1930s. After gaining early attention for his work shown at the Harmon Foundation exhibitions, Allen rose to become a leading portrait photographer in Harlem, gaining commissions from the black elite who wanted sophisticated portraits in keeping with the image of the New Negro." Among his sitters were the poet Langston Hughes and the actor Paul Robeson. Allen's work was published in black journals such as Opportunity, The Messenger, and The Crisis. After serving with the army in the Office of Strategic Services during WWII, Allen continued to work for the government, living in Wash., DC, for the remainder of his life.

来源： Cederholm, Afro-American Artists; Camara Dia Holloway, Portraiture and the Harlem Renaissance: The Photographs of James L. Allen (exh. cat., Yale Univ. Art Gallery, 1999) "