A Gathering in the Arts: Midwesterners Photographed by George M. Kren

A Gathering in the Arts: Midwesterners Photographed by George M. Kren

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George Kren was born in Linz, Austria and was a professor of European intellectual history at Kansas State University. A dedicated photographer, he enjoyed photographing his friends and colleagues. Artist Margo Kren, George's wife, first noticed George's interest in capturing artists and other art professionals in 1973 when he wanted to catch Alexandr Glickman on film. Glickman was the father-in-law of Jake Kipp,George's colleague in the History Department, and Kipp had brought Glickman, a former curator at the Hermitage Museum in Russia, to meet George. And George wanted to photograph Alexandr outside, using no artificial lights, which enabled George to keep the session informal and comfortable for the subject.

As a professor in the Department of Art at Kansas State University, Margo chaired the departmental Visitors Program from 1984 through 1995. During that time, she brought to campus each semester regionally or nationally known figures in the arts. In addition, she traveled widely in Kansas and surrounding states and served as President of the Kansas City Artists Coalition in 1982 - 1983. These responsibilities took her to meetings and various art activities, and George accompanied her. Margo set up in advance appointments for photo sessions in an artist's studio, in an art historian's office, or at an art dealer's gallery. Sometimes George and Margo would just grab a quick shot of their subjects on the street.

Many years later, Margo realized how much these photographs carry the history and weight of a special formative period of the arts in Kansas City, in the state of Kansas, and in the states beyond. The images foretell the significance of what evolved over the next forty years into a vital and active regional life for the arts. She put together this book of photographic portraits and wrote notes about each person pictured in order to preserve and document this extraordinary time.

The book includes an afterword with comments by Jon Blumb, photographer, about George Kren as a photographer.

A streaming introduction video to the book from Linda Duke and Sarah Price is also included.

An added note -- all or most of the photographs appeared at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in the 2011 Exhibition Makers Framed.

ISBN

978-1-944548-10-0

Publication Date

2017

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See also the video introduction with Linda Duke and Sarah Price at https://mediasite.k-state.edu/mediasite/Play/c37c0f572ecc45f8a429a94f61fffa651d.

And do not miss the afterword by Jon Blumb, photographer, about George Kren as a photographer.

Publisher

New Prairie Press

City

Manhattan

Keywords

photographs, photographers, artists, Kansas, Kansas City, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Other Arts and Humanities | Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Photography

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A Gathering in the Arts: Midwesterners Photographed by George M. Kren

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