01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Frank Eugene's Adam and Eve, with Footnotes - #44

Frank Eugene (American, 1865-1936)

Detail; Adam and Eve, circa 1900s, printed 1909

Photogravure

7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Frank Eugene (American, 1865-1936)

Adam and Eve, circa 1900s, printed 1909

Photogravure

7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eugene’s interest in a variety of artistic media is seen in the bold manipulation of his negatives. He used paintbrushes, etching needles, and pencils to rework his compositions, thus proclaiming their status as art. This photogravure—a print created from a photomechanically etched copper plate—depicts a classic subject from the annals of art history, the deep chiaroscuro and scratched surface suggesting Adam and Eve after the fall. More on this work

Frank Eugene (19 September 1865 – 16 December 1936) was an American-born photographer who was a founding member of the Photo-Secession and one of the first university-level professors of photography in the world.

Born in New York to immigrant parents, Eugene was one of many young German-Americans to travel to Munich to study at the Royal Bavarian Academy of Arts. Alfred Stieglitz and the influential art critic Sadakichi Hartmann promoted Eugene’s Pictorialist photographs in exhibitions and publications such as Camera Work. Eugene’s interest in a variety of artistic media is seen in the bold manipulation of his negatives. He used paintbrushes, etching needles, and pencils to rework his compositions, thus proclaiming their status as art. This photogravure—a print created from a photomechanically etched copper plate—depicts a classic subject from the annals of art history, the deep chiaroscuro and scratched surface suggesting Adam and Eve after the fall. More on Frank Eugene

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