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Scharf’s doctoral thesis at the Courtauld was eventually published with revisions and additions as ''Art and Photography'' (Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1968), the expanded version of his ''Creative Photography ''(Studio Vista ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1965). The book reveals the hitherto uncredited influence of photography on the creation of artistic images in painting. The emphasis is the photograph as used in the service of painting, or imitating painted images.<ref>There are a number of excellent books on this topic including Barbara Buhler Lynes and Jonathan Weinberg (eds) ''Shared Intelligence: American Paintings and the Photograph'' (University of California Press, 2011), Van Deren Coke ''The Painter and the Photograph, from Delacroix to Warhol'' (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1964), Elizabeth W. Easton (ed.) ''Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard'' (Yale University Press, 2011), Peter Galassi ''Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography'' (Museum of Modern Art, 1984), Heinrich Schwarz & William Parker ''Art and Photography: Forerunners and Influences'' (University of Chicago Press, 1987)</ref> Scharf does not here give the same emphasis on photography as an artistic medium in itself as much as he did in ''Creative Photography, ''though he does recognise the greater acceptance of photography as art in chapters on the Twentieth Century. At the time of publication, Aaron had become head of the History of Art and Complementary Studies Department at [[St. Martin’s School of Art]], London. The couple settled in [[Hampstead]] where their children Tom, Linda and Wendy were born. |
Scharf’s doctoral thesis at the Courtauld was eventually published with revisions and additions as ''Art and Photography'' (Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1968), the expanded version of his ''Creative Photography ''(Studio Vista ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1965). The book reveals the hitherto uncredited influence of photography on the creation of artistic images in painting. The emphasis is the photograph as used in the service of painting, or imitating painted images.<ref>There are a number of excellent books on this topic including Barbara Buhler Lynes and Jonathan Weinberg (eds) ''Shared Intelligence: American Paintings and the Photograph'' (University of California Press, 2011), Van Deren Coke ''The Painter and the Photograph, from Delacroix to Warhol'' (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1964), Elizabeth W. Easton (ed.) ''Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard'' (Yale University Press, 2011), Peter Galassi ''Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography'' (Museum of Modern Art, 1984), Heinrich Schwarz & William Parker ''Art and Photography: Forerunners and Influences'' (University of Chicago Press, 1987)</ref> Scharf does not here give the same emphasis on photography as an artistic medium in itself as much as he did in ''Creative Photography, ''though he does recognise the greater acceptance of photography as art in chapters on the Twentieth Century. At the time of publication, Aaron had become head of the History of Art and Complementary Studies Department at [[St. Martin’s School of Art]], London. The couple settled in [[Hampstead]] where their children Tom, Linda and Wendy were born. |
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Scharf’s peer was [[Van Deren Coke]], whose own studies into the links between art and photography were published as ''The Painter and the Photograph'', a year earlier than ''Creative Photography'', but without the same international reception<ref>Thirty-four editions of 'Art and Photography' were published between 1963 and 1994 in 3 languages</ref>. Scharf's articles on photo history were published in the 1968 issues of [[Creative Camera]] magazine in his column, ''Album''<ref>Jay, Bill (1993), 'Aaron Scharf:A verbal snapshot'. Creative Camera, April/May 1993.</ref> and he contributed the entry on Henri Cartier-Bresson in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. |
Scharf’s peer was [[Van Deren Coke]], whose own studies into the links between art and photography were published as ''The Painter and the Photograph'' <ref>The Painter and the Photograph was reviewed, prior to his own publication, by Aaron Scharf in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 107, No. 753 (Dec., 1965), p. 635</ref>, a year earlier than ''Creative Photography'', but without the same international reception<ref>Thirty-four editions of 'Art and Photography' were published between 1963 and 1994 in 3 languages</ref>. Scharf's articles on photo history were published in the 1968 issues of [[Creative Camera]] magazine in his column, ''Album''<ref>Jay, Bill (1993), 'Aaron Scharf:A verbal snapshot'. Creative Camera, April/May 1993.</ref> and he contributed the entry on Henri Cartier-Bresson in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. |
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His own art production consisted of montages made from old photographs and/or 19th-century wood engravings. |
His own art production consisted of montages made from old photographs and/or 19th-century wood engravings. |
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Aaron Scharf (1922 – 1993) was an art historian who contributed in particular to the history of photography.[1]
Born in 1922 in the USA, during World War II he was a bomber pilot. After the war he studied at the University of California. In 1950 he married Ruth Dunlap Bartlett (1921 – 2009). An accomplished actress, Ruth owned and ran The Beachcomber, a small theatre on Muscle Beach in Santa Monica. Helena Stevens was her stage name. She was also a committed communist and became the first to play the part of Mother Courage in an English-language production of the play of the same name by the German communist playwright Bertolt Brecht.[2][3] Her husband meantime, was refused work or study in American universities, blacklisted because of his own socialism. They arrived in the UK in 1956 as a political refugees from McCarthyism, with an invitation, provided by the academic Anthony Blunt, for Aaron to study at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London providing their ostensible reason for leaving America.
Scharf’s doctoral thesis at the Courtauld was eventually published with revisions and additions as Art and Photography (Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 1968), the expanded version of his Creative Photography (Studio Vista ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, London, 1965). The book reveals the hitherto uncredited influence of photography on the creation of artistic images in painting. The emphasis is the photograph as used in the service of painting, or imitating painted images.[4] Scharf does not here give the same emphasis on photography as an artistic medium in itself as much as he did in Creative Photography, though he does recognise the greater acceptance of photography as art in chapters on the Twentieth Century. At the time of publication, Aaron had become head of the History of Art and Complementary Studies Department at St. Martin’s School of Art, London. The couple settled in Hampstead where their children Tom, Linda and Wendy were born.
Scharf’s peer was Van Deren Coke, whose own studies into the links between art and photography were published as The Painter and the Photograph [5], a year earlier than Creative Photography, but without the same international reception[6]. Scharf's articles on photo history were published in the 1968 issues of Creative Camera magazine in his column, Album[7] and he contributed the entry on Henri Cartier-Bresson in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
His own art production consisted of montages made from old photographs and/or 19th-century wood engravings.
In 1969 Aaron Scharf joined The Open University Milton Keynes, England, and stayed there, as Professor of Art History writing art history courses and pursuing personal research, until his retirement in 1982.
Aaron had become ill and the couple moved to a farm at Melton Constable, Norfolk. He died on 21 January 1993.
Scharf’s widow, Marina, posthumously published his wartime experiences as a bomber pilot as Flak (1996).
Publications
Scharf, A. (1975). Art and photography. Harmondsworth, Middlesex u.a: Penguin Books. 34 editions published between 1963 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 54 libraries worldwide
Scharf, A. (1976). Pioneers of photography: An album of pictures and words. New York: N. Abrams.
Mucha, J., Henderson, M., & Scharf, A. (1971). Alphonse Mucha: Posters and photographs. London: Academy Ed.
Scharf, A. (1994). Arte y fotografía. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
Scharf, A. (1965). Creative photography. London.
Scharf, A. (1937). Mayn shṭeṭl: Dertseylungen, bilder un porṭreṭn. Ṿarshe: Ḥ. Bzshaza
Benton, T., Benton, C., Scharf, A., & Bauhaus (Berlin ; 1932-1933). (1975). Design 1920s: German design and the Bauhaus 1925-32 : Modernism in the decorative arts: Paris 1910-30. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Scharf, A., Coe, B., & Turner, A. (1974). Pioneers of photography: Episode 5. London: BBC Education and Training.
Mucha, J., Henderson, M., & Scharf, A. (1974). Alphonse Mucha. London: Academy Editions.
Mucha, J., Henderson, M., Scharf, A., & Mucha, A. M. (1972). Alphonse Mucha: Posters and photographs. London: Academy Ed.
Scharf, A., Coe, B., & Turner, A. (1974). Pioneers of photography: Episode 7. London: BBC Education and Training.
Scharf, A., Coe, B., Turner, A., & Grenfell, J. (1974). Pioneers of photography: Episode 4. London: BBC Education and Training.
Scharf, A., Coe, B., & Turner, A. (1974). Pioneers of photography: Episode 8. London: BBC Education and Training.
Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University & BBC-TV (1970). The Image in the cloud. Open University and BBC TV, [Milton Keynes]
Scharf, Aaron & Coe, Brian & Turner, Ann & Grenfell, Joyce, 1910-1979 & British Broadcasting Corporation (1974). Pioneers of photography Episode 4, Famous men and fair women. BBC Education and Training, London
Scharf, Aaron & Coe, Brian, 1930- & Turner, Ann & British Broadcasting Corporation (1974). Pioneers of photography Episode 7, The fleeting image. BBC Education and Training, London
Scharf, Aaron & Coe, Brian, 1930- & Turner, Ann (1974). Pioneers of photography Episode 8, Colour and the camera. BBC Education and Training, London
Scharf, Aaron & Coe, Brian, 1930- & Turner, Ann (1974). Pioneers of photography Episode 8, Colour and the camera. BBC Education and Training, London
Harvie, Christopher T & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-. Whistler-Ruskin trial [sound recording] (1971). Industrialization and culture. Open University, Milton Keynes
Scharf, A., & Open University. (1979). The Enlightenment: Unit 7. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Scharf, A., & Open University. (1976). The emerging of modern art in the early twentieth century. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
Harvie, C. T., Martin, G., & Scharf, A. (1976). Industrialisation and culture 1830-1914. London: Macmillan for The Open University Press.
Scharf, Aaron & Open University. Arts Foundation Course Team (1971). Art and industry. Open University Press, Bletchley (Walton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks.)
Scharf, Aaron & British Broadcasting Corporation (1975). Pioneers of photography : an album of pictures and words. British Broadcasting Corporation, London
Harvie, Christopher & Martin, Graham, 1927-, (joint comp.) & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993, (joint comp.) (1970). Industrialisation and culture, 1830-1914. Macmillan, London
Edwards, Owain & Martin, Graham, 1927- & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Open University. Age of Revolutions Course Team (1972). Romanticism. Open University Press, Bletchley, Eng
Scharf, Aaron & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University. Age of Revolutions Course Team (1972). Art and politics in France. Open University Press, Bletchley
Scharf, Aaron & Benton, Tim & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Open University. Arts Foundation Course Team (1971). Introduction to art. Open University Press, Bletchley (Walton Hall, Bletchley, Bucks.)
Mucha, Alphonse & Mucha, Jiří, 1915- & Henderson, Marina & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 (1974). Alphonse Mucha (Rev. enl. ed). St. Martin's Press, New York
Benton, Tim & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Benton, Charlotte & Open University (1975). Design 1920s. Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Scharf, Aaron & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1976). A new beginning : primitivism and science in post-impressionist art ; Return to nature. Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Sisley, Alfred & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- (1966). Alfred Sisley. Purnell, Paulton, Nr. Bristol [Eng.]
Sisley, Alfred & Scharf, Aaron (1966). Sisley. Knowledge Publications, London
Scharf, Aaron & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1976). The emerging of modern art in the early twentieth century. Open University Press, Milton Keynes [England]
Scharf, Aaron & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1975). The roots of modern art : [and], Charles Baudelaire, vanguard of modernism ; [and], Optimism and pessimism in late nineteenth-century literature and art. Open University Press, Milton Keynes [England]
Bayley, Stephen, 1951- & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1971). Introduction to art. Open University Press, Bletchley
Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Arts Council of Great Britain & Serpentine Gallery (1977). Summer show 4 : the work of 23 photographers. Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Scharf, Aaron & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1979). William Hogarth. Open University Press, Milton Keynes [Buckinghamshire]
Hill, Paul (1982) with an introduction by Aaron Scharf
Benton, Tim & Open University (1975). The new objectivity: prepared for the course team by Tim Benton ; with contributions from Charlotte Benton, John Milner and Aaron Scharf. The Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Scharf, Aaron Approaching photography. Focal Press, London ; Boston
Scharf, Aaron & Open University A new beginning : primitivism and science in post-impressionist art ; Return to nature.
Scharf, Aaron (1965). Creative photography. Studio Vista ; New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, London
Benton, Tim & Benton, Charlotte & Scharf, Aaron, 1922- & Open University (1975). History of architecture and design 1890-1939. Units 15 and 16, Design 1920s : German design and the Bauhaus 1925-24 : Modernism and the decorative arts, Paris 1910-30. Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Enyeart, James & Monroe, Robert D & Stokes, Philip, with a foreword by Aaron Scharf (1982). Three classic American photographs : texts and contexts. University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre, [Exeter, England]
Ascolini, Vasco & Istituto di cultura Casa G. Cini, prefazione di Aaron Scharf. (1989). Vasco Ascolini : le fotografie per il teatro. Analisi, Bologna
Arts Council of Great Britain (1971). Masterpiece : treasures from the collection of The Royal Photographic Society, Arts Council 1971-72. the Council,
Blake, Nigel & Harrison, Charles, 1942-2009 & Norman, Di & Open University, with additional material supplied by Francis Frascina, Aaron Scharf and Belinda Thompson. (1983). Impressionism and Degas. Open University Press, Milton Keynes
Brandt, Bill & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Arts Council of Great Britain & Hayward Gallery & Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) (1970). Bill Brandt : photographs. Arts Council, London
Arts Council of Great Britain & Benton, Tim & Scharf, Aaron, 1922-1993 & Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (1971). Masterpiece, treasures from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society : (catalogue of an exhibition) 1971-72. Arts Council of Great Britain, (London)
Stangos, Nikos, Scharf Aaron (sections on Suprematism and Constructivism) (1994). Concepts of modern art : from fauvism to postmodernism (3rd ed., expanded and updated). Thames & Hudson, New York, N.Y
Curatorship
1977 `SUMMER SHOW 4', Serpentine Gallery, London, selected by Aaron Scharf, artists include Jane England, Heather Forbes, John Goto, Jim Harold, Paul Joyce, Chris Locke, Peter Mitchell...
References
- ^ Jay, Bill (1993), 'Aaron Scharf:A verbal snapshot'. Creative Camera, April/May 1993.
- ^ Linda Starkey. "Obituary: Ruth Dunlap Bartlett | From". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
- ^ Proletarian, issue 30 (June 2009)
- ^ There are a number of excellent books on this topic including Barbara Buhler Lynes and Jonathan Weinberg (eds) Shared Intelligence: American Paintings and the Photograph (University of California Press, 2011), Van Deren Coke The Painter and the Photograph, from Delacroix to Warhol (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1964), Elizabeth W. Easton (ed.) Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard (Yale University Press, 2011), Peter Galassi Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography (Museum of Modern Art, 1984), Heinrich Schwarz & William Parker Art and Photography: Forerunners and Influences (University of Chicago Press, 1987)
- ^ The Painter and the Photograph was reviewed, prior to his own publication, by Aaron Scharf in The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 107, No. 753 (Dec., 1965), p. 635
- ^ Thirty-four editions of 'Art and Photography' were published between 1963 and 1994 in 3 languages
- ^ Jay, Bill (1993), 'Aaron Scharf:A verbal snapshot'. Creative Camera, April/May 1993.