Lee Sievan (1907–1990) was an American photographer. Initially self-taught as a photographer, she later took classes at the New School for Social Research and the American Artists School.[1] Sievan was a member of the New York Photo League.[1]
Lee Sievan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lina Gertrude Culik[1] 1907 New York City |
| Died | 1990 (aged 82–83)[2] New York City |
Early life and education edit
Sievan was born in 1907 to Polish immigrants, and grew up in New York City on the Lower East Side neighborhood. She attended Hunter College, graduating in 1929. She then attended Hunter Teachers College where she concentrated her studies in physics and mathematics.[3]
In 1938, she attended her first photography course with Eliot Elisofon at the American Artists School. Following that, at the New School for Social Research where she worked with Berenice Abbott, and became Weegee's part-time darkroom assistant.[3]
Work edit
Sievan supported her husband, Maurice Sievan, a painter, for over four decades starting in 1934, by working at Hunter College biological sciences department.[3] She went on in 1978 to take a job at the International Center of Photography, as an archivist and librarian.[3]
Collections edit
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[2] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[4] the National Portrait Gallery, Washington[5] and the International Center of Photography,[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c Kassow, Samuel D.; Roskies, David G. (24 November 2020). The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 9. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18853-0.
- ^ a b "Lee Sievan | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ a b c d "Lee Sievan American, 1907-1990". Jewish Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Downtown Manhattan with R". www.metmuseum.org.
- ^ "Maurice Sievan graphic / Lee Sievan, photographer, undated". npg.si.edu.
- ^ "Lee Sievan". International Center of Photography. 9 April 2020.
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