, 1899-1968

Artist Overview

Artist name:

1899–1968
Place of Birth: Zloczów, Austria-Hungary (present-day Zolochiv, Ukraine)
Date of Birth: June 12, 1899
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States
Date of Death: December 26, 1968
Active Country: United States

Works of Art: 11

Weegee (1899–1968), Norma-"The Poor Man's Mae West"

Norma-"The Poor Man's Mae West", circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Norma-"The Poor Man's Mae West"
Weegee (1899–1968)
Norma-"The Poor Man's Mae West"
circa 1940
Weegee (1899–1968), Crying Landlord, New York Apartment House Fire

Crying Landlord, New York Apartment House Fire, circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Crying Landlord, New York Apartment House Fire
Weegee (1899–1968)
Crying Landlord, New York Apartment House Fire
circa 1940
Weegee (1899–1968), Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York

Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York, circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York
Weegee (1899–1968)
Trampled to Death on Pier after Panic on an Excursion Boat, New York
circa 1940
Weegee (1899–1968), Audience, New York

Audience, New York, circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Audience, New York
Weegee (1899–1968)
Audience, New York
circa 1940
Weegee (1899–1968), Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940

Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940, 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940
Weegee (1899–1968)
Coney Island Beach, 4 p.m., July 21, 1940
1940
Weegee (1899–1968), Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell

Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell, 1938

Weegee (1899–1968), Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell
Weegee (1899–1968)
Asleep on Fire Escape During Heat Spell
1938
Weegee (1899–1968), Audience, New York

Audience, New York, circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Audience, New York
Weegee (1899–1968)
Audience, New York
circa 1940
Weegee (1899–1968), The Critic (Mrs. Cavanaugh and Friend About to Enter the Metropolitan Opera House)

The Critic (Mrs. Cavanaugh and Friend About to Enter the Metropolitan Opera House), 1943

Weegee (1899–1968), The Critic (Mrs. Cavanaugh and Friend About to Enter the Metropolitan Opera House)
Weegee (1899–1968)
The Critic (Mrs. Cavanaugh and Friend About to Enter the Metropolitan Opera House)
1943
Weegee (1899–1968), Booked for Killing a Policeman

Booked for Killing a Policeman, 1939

Weegee (1899–1968), Booked for Killing a Policeman
Weegee (1899–1968)
Booked for Killing a Policeman
1939
Weegee (1899–1968), Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz, circa 1945

Weegee (1899–1968), Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz
Weegee (1899–1968)
Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz
circa 1945
Weegee (1899–1968), Transvestite and Paddy Wagon, New York

Transvestite and Paddy Wagon, New York, circa 1940

Weegee (1899–1968), Transvestite and Paddy Wagon, New York
Weegee (1899–1968)
Transvestite and Paddy Wagon, New York
circa 1940

Exhibitions: 30

Likeness: Portrait Photographs from the Collection
Thomas Southall, curator
1980
Photographs from the Collection
John Pultz, curator
1996
Subject: Woman
Felicia Lewandowski, curator
1974
Made or Taken? Photographs of Women, 1840-1980
1989–1990
Commitment to Vision
1986
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: Mining the Gap
Rachel Trusty, curator
2022
Photography Between the Wars: A Survey of American and European Photography 1920-1940
Brett Knappe, curator
2006
Conversation IX: Media Memes: Images, Technology and Making the News
Luke Jordan, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Michael Williams, curator
2010
Harlem Document
Dixie Webb, curator
1990
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
Summer in the Central Court
Kate Meyer, curator
2006
A New York Picture Post: Gotham in the 20th Century
Brett Knappe, curator
2007
Friends & Neighbors
2009
Teaching Gallery: Two Weeks in August
2014
The American Scene: Graphics of the 1930s and 1940s
Elizabeth Wright, curator
1985
Brosseau Center for Learning: Immigrants
Kate Meyer, curator
2017
Teaching Gallery: Picturing Poverty
2007
Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book
2018
Not So Silent Cinema
Emily Kruse, curator
Adina Duke, curator
2021
Daguerreotype to Digital: Photographs from the Collection
Brett Knappe, curator
2005
Embodiment
Stephen Goddard, curator
2005–2006
xy
Kris Ercums, curator
2009
Teaching Gallery: Interdisciplinary Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
2012
Teaching Gallery: Women's Studies
2013
Photographs from the Collection, 1843–1960
1991