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*** ,1880
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December 21, 1964 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Carl Van Vechten 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 life, Van Vechten engaged in numerous homosexual affairs over his lifetime.
BornJune 17, 1880, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
DiedDecember 21, 1964, New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationWashington High School
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
OccupationPhotographer

About Carl Van Vechten

Photographer Carl Van Vechten was born in Iowa, United States on June 17, 1880. He dies at the age of 84, on December 21, 1964.

One of the principal proponents of the Harlem Renaissance, he was an author, music critic, and portrait photographer. He was also Novelist Gertrude Stein's literary executor.

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Carl Van Vechten before becoming famous

Carl Van Vechten was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1880 is also the year of Dragon (龍) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He attended the University of Chicago and went on to work for The New York Times as a music critic.

Achievement of Carl Van Vechten

He was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a benefactor of African-American Harlem-based artists in the 1920s.

Carl Van Vechten's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he was born into a wealthy and politically liberal family. He married twice, despite the fact that he was most likely homosexual or bisexual.

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He captured Blues Singer Bessie Smith, an African-American blues singer, and many of her colleagues.

Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937) (Blues Singer)
Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937)

Blues Singer

Carl Van Vechten Income & Net worth

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