Edmund Teske
American, 1911—1996
About
Edmund Teske
American, 1911—1996
A self-taught artist, Edmund Teske worked for a commercial photography studio in Chicago in the 1930s. Over the years he sought out and met Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O’Keeffe, Paul Strand, Ansel Adams, László Moholy-Nagy and many other members of the Bauhaus/School of Design. Attracted by Hollywood, in 1943 Teske moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a performer and photographer before joining the UCLA faculty in 1965 at Heinecken’s invitation. Teske was awarded a NEA Fellowship in 1975, and honored with a solo exhibition at the Getty Museum in 1993, and a major retrospective there in 2004. Monographs of Teske’s work include Spirit into Matter: The Photographs of Edmund Teske (Getty, 2004), Being and Becoming: Photographs by Edmund Teske (Getty, 1993), and Images from Within: The Photographs of Edmund Teske (Friends of Photography, 1980).
Featured Work
Edmund Teske
Gertrude Teske Composite with Olive Hill, Hollywood, 1932, 1948 / printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jim Morrison and the Doors composite with abstraction, 1970
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Untitled (Vincent Van Gogh postcard, two sides), 1960s
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Portrait Young Girl, 1960
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jane Lawrence composite, Zuma Beach, California, 1944 and 1947 / printed 1960s
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Frank Lloyd Wright- An American Portrait, 1936/1945
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Vicky Palermo composite, 1964, 1964/1969
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Floral Study, 1960
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Mono Lake, California, 1971/1977
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
James Whitney composite Mono Lake, 1948 and 1971/ printed 1970s
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Belgian Underground (Two sides of 1940s magazine page of girl’s face), 1960s
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Twinka, 1976
Solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jim Morrison composite old barn Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1969 and 1982 / printed 1983
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Photogram (plant and doll), 1950s
Printing out paper
Edmund Teske
Vicky Palermo, Bill Allard composite 1964, 1964
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jim Morrison composite Abstraction, 1969/1971
Solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Francis Walker Montrose composite Mono Lake, 1971 and 1976/ Printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jack Elliot, the Rambler, Topanga Canyon, California, 1953/1972
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jim Morrison, Pamela Courson, Bronson Caves, Hollywood, composite with abstraction, 1969/1970
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Floral Study, 1960
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Shiva composite with Shirley Berman and Madison Grammar School Demolition, 1938, 1956, and 1974/ Printed 1977
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Bill Allard composite Mono Lake, 1964 and 1971/ Printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Mono Lake composite San Franciso portrait of Franklin Montrose, 1971 and 1976 / Printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Davenport, Iowa, Triptych: Composite with Shirley Berman and Male Nude, 1941, 1942, and 1956 / printed 1977
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Gertrude Teske composite Hollyhock House of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1937 and 1945 / printed 1974
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Male Nude Composite with Found Object, 1942 and 1979 / Printed Fall 1979
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Jaques Henri Lartigue composite Mt. Whitney, 1961 and 1971 / printed 1972
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Olga Teske Schultz composite Mount Whitney, 1971 and 1975 / printed 1975
Duotone solarized gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Bill Allard, Vicky Palermo composite with Poppy, 1964
Gelatin silver print
Edmund Teske
Featured Work
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Gertrude Teske Composite with Olive Hill, Hollywood
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Jim Morrison and the Doors composite with abstraction
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Untitled (Vincent Van Gogh postcard, two sides)
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Portrait Young Girl
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Jane Lawrence composite, Zuma Beach, California
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Frank Lloyd Wright- An American Portrait
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Vicky Palermo composite, 1964
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Floral Study
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Mono Lake, California
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James Whitney composite Mono Lake
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Belgian Underground (Two sides of 1940s magazine page of girl’s face)
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Twinka
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Jim Morrison composite old barn Cripple Creek, Colorado
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Photogram (plant and doll)
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Vicky Palermo, Bill Allard composite 1964
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Jim Morrison composite Abstraction
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Francis Walker Montrose composite Mono Lake
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Jack Elliot, the Rambler, Topanga Canyon, California
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Jim Morrison, Pamela Courson, Bronson Caves, Hollywood, composite with abstraction
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Floral Study
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Shiva composite with Shirley Berman and Madison Grammar School Demolition
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Bill Allard composite Mono Lake
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Mono Lake composite San Franciso portrait of Franklin Montrose
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Davenport, Iowa, Triptych: Composite with Shirley Berman and Male Nude
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Gertrude Teske composite Hollyhock House of Frank Lloyd Wright
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Male Nude Composite with Found Object
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Jaques Henri Lartigue composite Mt. Whitney
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Olga Teske Schultz composite Mount Whitney
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Bill Allard, Vicky Palermo composite with Poppy