Allie Mae Burroughs portraits
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The Allie Mae Burroughs portraits are a series of iconic Great Depression-era photographs by Walker Evans that powerfully depict rural poverty in the American South.
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| Allie Mae Burroughs portraits canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Allie Mae Burroughs portraits Context triple: [Farm Security Administration photographs, notableWork, Allie Mae Burroughs portraits]
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Target entity: Allie Mae Burroughs portraits Target entity description: The Allie Mae Burroughs portraits are a series of iconic Great Depression-era photographs by Walker Evans that powerfully depict rural poverty in the American South.
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A.
Portrait of Marie Henry
Portrait of Marie Henry is a late 19th-century painting by Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Jacob Meyer de Haan, depicting Marie Henry, the innkeeper of the Breton inn where he and Paul Gauguin stayed.
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B.
Portrait of Mrs. John W. Alexander
Portrait of Mrs. John W. Alexander is a celebrated late-19th-century portrait painting by American artist John White Alexander, exemplifying his elegant, Whistler-influenced style and refined depiction of fashionable women.
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C.
Portrait of Dora Wheeler
Portrait of Dora Wheeler is an 1883 oil painting by American artist William Merritt Chase, celebrated for its vibrant color, decorative backdrop, and innovative portrayal of the modern woman in a richly patterned interior.
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D.
Portraits by Helene Schjerfbeck
"Portraits by Helene Schjerfbeck" is a series of modernist, introspective portrait paintings by the Finnish artist Helene Schjerfbeck, renowned for their distilled forms, muted palettes, and psychological depth.
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E.
Portrait of George Luks
Portrait of George Luks is a painting by American artist Robert Henri depicting his fellow Ashcan School painter George Luks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
documentary photography
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photographic series ⓘ |
| associatedWith | James Agee and Walker Evans book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraUsed | large-format view camera (Walker Evans) ⓘ |
| collection | Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Walker Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 1936 ⓘ |
| depicts | Allie Mae Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsSocialIssue |
rural economic hardship
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sharecropping ⓘ tenant farming ⓘ |
| documentedIn | FSA photographic archives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Museum of Modern Art, New York
NERFINISHED
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various major art museums and galleries ⓘ |
| genre |
portrait photography
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social documentary photography ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | key visual symbol of the Great Depression in the rural South ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Allie Mae Burroughs, full-face view
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Allie Mae Burroughs, profile view ⓘ Allie Mae Burroughs, three-quarter view ⓘ |
| hasPhotographicProcess | gelatin silver print ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
austere
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formally composed ⓘ unsentimental ⓘ |
| imageSubject |
weathered wooden boards behind sitter
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wooden farmhouse background ⓘ |
| inception | 1936 ⓘ |
| influenced | later visual representations of American poverty ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (silent photographic work) ⓘ |
| locationOfDepiction | Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | rural poverty in the American South ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| movement |
American documentary photography
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New Deal photography ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic representation of Great Depression-era rural poverty
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influence on later documentary photographers ⓘ stark, frontal composition ⓘ |
| partOf | Farm Security Administration photography project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation | Hale County, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysEmotion |
endurance
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resignation ⓘ stoicism ⓘ |
| publisher | Farm Security Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Library of Congress (reproduction rights largely in public domain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOccupation | tenant farmer’s wife ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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