Mathew B. Brady was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the American Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore, Martin Van Buren, and other public figures.
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Works in Collection
12 works
Earl DeGray Ripon
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
c. 1865
Ernestine Souvenir
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1860-69
General Ulysses S. Grant
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1861-65
Mountague Bernard
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
c. 1870
Portrait of Robert Schenck
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1871
President Lincoln
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
c. 1862
Ruins of Richmond
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1863-65
Ruins of Richmond & Petersburg Railroad Bridge, Richmond,...
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
April 1865
Ruins of the Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1865
Samuel Nelson
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
c. 1865
Untitled
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
c. 1860
Untitled
Mathew B. Brady (studio of)
1860-70
Exhibitions
21 exhibitionsMar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937
Photography 18391937
243 artists · 1 curator
May 24, 1938 – Jul 31, 1938
Three Centuries of American Art
247 artists · 7 curators
Dec 31, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941
Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
30 artists · 2 curators
Mar 03, 1942 – Apr 05, 1942
Photographs of the Civil War and the American Frontier
24 artists · 1 curator
Nov 04, 1943 – Dec 07, 1943
Portraits
38 artists
May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944
Photography
63 artists · 1 curator
Jun 20, 1945 – Jun 23, 1946
The Museum Collection of Photographs
25 artists
Jul 27, 1948 – Sep 26, 1948
50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
50 artists · 1 curator
Feb 08, 1949 – May 01, 1949
The Exact Instant
200 artists · 2 curators
May 01, 1951 – Jul 04, 1951
Abstraction in Photography
105 artists · 1 curator
Jul 12, 1951 – Aug 12, 1951
12 Photographers
12 artists · 1 curator
Aug 05, 1952 – Aug 18, 1952
Then and Now
54 artists · 1 curator
Jan 24, 1955 – May 08, 1955
The Family of Man
251 artists · 2 curators
Nov 27, 1957 – Apr 15, 1958
70 Photographers Look at New York
74 artists · 2 curators
Nov 26, 1958 – Jan 18, 1959
Photographs from the Museum Collection
273 artists · 1 curator
Nov 18, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
140 artists
May 27, 1964
Edward Steichen Photography Center
130 artists · 1 curator
May 27, 1964 – Aug 23, 1964
The Photographer's Eye
105 artists · 1 curator
Apr 03, 1968 – Jul 28, 1968
Photographs Before Surrealism
22 artists
Jul 09, 1969 – Sep 28, 1969
Portrait Photographs
43 artists · 1 curator
Nov 15, 1984 – Mar 03, 1985
From the Gilman Collection: Photographs Preserved in Ink
25 artists · 1 curator