The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Rev. Albert Wagner, Painter

Rev. Albert Wagner, Painter

2001
(American, b. 1947)
America, 21th century
gelatin silver print
Image: 23.3 x 23.2 cm (9 3/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Paper: 31.7 x 27.9 cm (12 1/2 x 11 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 45.7 cm (18 x 18 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2005.103
Location: not on view

Description

In 2001, Cleveland portrait photographer Herb Ascherman began an ambitious personal project to document 105 of Northeast Ohio’s most prominent visual artists in their studios. For this animated portrait, Reverend Albert Wagner (1924–2006)—a prolific folk artist of many media—was positioned in front of a fraction of his artworks that completely filled his three-story home in East Cleveland. One can easily sense the lively interaction between the photographer and his charismatic subject.
  • 2001-2005
    Herbert Ascherman, Jr. [1947-] (the artist), Shaker Heights, OH
    June 6, 2005
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"
  • {{cite web|title=Rev. Albert Wagner, Painter|url=false|author=Herbert Ascherman|year=2001|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.103