Lewis Wickes Hine | Spencer Museum of Art

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Place of Birth: Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Birth: September 26, 1874

Place of Death: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States

Date of Death: November 4, 1940

Active Country: United States

Works of Art: 48

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Young Girl in Textile Factory

Young Girl in Textile Factory, circa 1910

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Small Boy and Man with Cigar

Small Boy and Man with Cigar, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Three Boys Studying a Saw

Three Boys Studying a Saw, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Three Girls Between Looms

Three Girls Between Looms, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boy Between Looms

Boy Between Looms, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Two Barefoot Boys and Woman

Two Barefoot Boys and Woman, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children in Front of Looms

Children in Front of Looms, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Girl in Front of Window by Looms #8

Girl in Front of Window by Looms #8, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boys Working Among Pipes #9

Boys Working Among Pipes #9, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boys Lined up before Barn-type door #10

Boys Lined up before Barn-type door #10, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Two Boys in a Factory #11

Two Boys in a Factory #11, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Group of Children #12

Group of Children #12, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children Grouped Together in a Factory #13

Children Grouped Together in a Factory #13, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children Picking #14

Children Picking #14, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children and Barn-like House #15

Children and Barn-like House #15, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Girls with Newspaper #16

Girls with Newspaper #16, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boys in Trash on Beach #18

Boys in Trash on Beach #18, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children on Swings #19

Children on Swings #19, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children in Slums #20

Children in Slums #20, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), New York Street Scene #21

New York Street Scene #21, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boys Flying Kite on Rooftop #22

Boys Flying Kite on Rooftop #22, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Two Girls and Horse on the Side #23

Two Girls and Horse on the Side #23, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children at a Table with Hats on

Children at a Table with Hats on, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Girl Holding a Pot #25

Girl Holding a Pot #25, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Three Kids Pulling a Cart #26

Three Kids Pulling a Cart #26, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boy on Shoulder #27

Boy on Shoulder #27, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Three Babies #28

Three Babies #28, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Boys along a Fence #29

Boys along a Fence #29, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Pitching Pennies #30

Pitching Pennies #30, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children and Laundry

Children and Laundry, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Children in a Grove #32

Children in a Grove #32, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Collecting Hay #33

Collecting Hay #33, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Young Boys Sewing #34

Young Boys Sewing #34, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), A Boy Sitting and a Boy Standing #35

A Boy Sitting and a Boy Standing #35, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Female Factory Workers #6

Female Factory Workers #6, 1911

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Young Boy on Door Step

Young Boy on Door Step, early 1900s

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Madonna of the Tenement

Madonna of the Tenement, 1904

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Tenement Family

Tenement Family, early 1900s

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Italian Family in Chicago Tenement

Italian Family in Chicago Tenement, early 1900s

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Picking out Nut Meats in New York Tenement

Picking out Nut Meats in New York Tenement, circa 1912

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie, 1909

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), A Happy Boss in a Power House

A Happy Boss in a Power House, circa 1924

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life

Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life, circa 1915

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Self-portrait with Children

Self-portrait with Children, circa 1914

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Welding Big Pipes, Empire State Building

Welding Big Pipes, Empire State Building, 1930–1931

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Looking through the mooring Mast, Empire State Bldg.

Looking through the mooring Mast, Empire State Bldg., 1930

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Bolting Up a Big Turbine

Bolting Up a Big Turbine, 1920

Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), untitled (Mrs. Sarah Wilson peeling vegetables)

untitled (Mrs. Sarah Wilson peeling vegetables), circa 1933

Exhibitions: 31

Photographs from the Collection 1840-1940

John Pultz, curator

2003–2004

Teaching Gallery: Textile Design in 19th & 20th Centuries

2010

Conversation XII: Politics as Symbol/Symbol as Politics

Burdett Loomis, curator
Celka Straughn, curator

2012–2013

Prepared: Strategies for Activists (William T. Kemper Foundation International Artist-in-Residence Chen Shaoxiong)

Kris Ercums, curator

2012

Teaching Gallery: Case study in contemporary installation art: Ann Hamilton + Cynthia Schira’s Commission for the Spencer Museum of Art An Errant Line

2013

Conversation XVI: Photography from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

2013

Likeness: Portrait Photographs from the Collection

Thomas Southall, curator

1980

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Thomas Southall, curator

1978

Early Topographic and Documentary Photography

Thomas Southall, curator

1978–1979

Language of Light: A survey of the Photography Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art

James L. Enyeart, curator

1974

Brosseau Center for Learning: Photographs from the early-mid 1900s

2022

Conversation IX: Media Memes: Images, Technology and Making the News

Luke Jordan, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Michael Williams, curator

2010

Teaching Gallery: Picturing Poverty

2007

Teaching Gallery: Intro to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

2011

Brosseau Center for Learning: The Melting Pot

2019

Teaching Gallery: History and Theory of Planning

2013

Photographs from the Collection, 1843–1960

1991

Not So Silent Cinema

Emily Kruse, curator
Adina Duke, curator

2021

A New York Picture Post: Gotham in the 20th Century

Brett Knappe, curator

2007

Made or Taken? Photographs of Women, 1840-1980

1989–1990

Daguerreotype to Digital: Photographs from the Collection

Brett Knappe, curator

2005

Teaching Gallery: Astronomy 191

2011

The Obvious and Beyond: Photographs from the Spencer Museum Collection

Robert Hickerson, curator
Luke Jordan, curator

1992

Portraits: the Artist in Print

Erin Barnett, curator
Rachel Epp Buller, curator

1999

Photography Between the Wars: A Survey of American and European Photography 1920-1940

Brett Knappe, curator

2006

Kris Ercums, curator

2009

The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

1995

The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

1997

The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

1998

The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

1998–1999

The Body and the Lens: Photography 1839 to the Present

John Pultz, curator

1999