Saul Leiter
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Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as the New York school of photography.
Leiter in 2008
Richard Pousette-Dart
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Richard Warren Pousette-Dart was an American abstract expressionist artist most recognized as a founder of the New York School of painting. His artistic output also includes drawing, sculpture, and fi
Saul Leiter
…school and moved to New York City to become an artist. He had developed an early interest in painting and had met the Abstract Expressionist painter Richard Pousette-Dart. Pousette-Dart and W. Eugene Smith encouraged Leiter to pursue photography and he was soon taking black and white pictures with a 35 mm Leica, which…
Richard Pousette Dart
Richard Pousette-Dart, Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental, oil on canvas, 1941–42, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Savage Rose by Richard Pousette-Dart, 1951