Carl Van Vechten
American writer and photographer (1880–1964)
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- Born
- 17 June 1880
- Died
- 21 December 1964
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- 94
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- Doctor Faustus lights the lights
- The blind bow-boy
- The Borzoi 1920
- The tiger in the house
- Isadora Duncan
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Carl Van Vechten (/væn ˈvɛktən/; June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and artistic photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. He gained fame as a writer, and notoriety as well, for his 1926 novel Nigger Heaven. In his later years, he took up photography and took many portraits of notable people. Although he was married to women for most of his adult years, Van Vechten engaged in numerous affairs with other men during his lifetime.
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1880 births1964 deaths20th-century American photographers20th-century American writersAmerican bisexual artistsAmerican bisexual menAmerican bisexual writersAmerican LGBTQ photographersAmerican people of Dutch descentAmerican portrait photographersArtists from Cedar Rapids, IowaBisexual male artists