Bernis von zur Muehlen

Bernis von zur Muehlen (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1942) is an American fine arts photographer. After receiving a BA in literature, second in class, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963, earning a Phi Beta Kappa in 1962, she taught English at her alma mater Northeast High School (Philadelphia), where she appeared as the English teacher giving a class on poetry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX2OHIzVe1g in Fredrick Wiseman's celebrated cinéma vérité documentary High School (1968 film). After moving to Northern Virginia, she began photographing the male nude,[1][2][3][4] turning to other subjects in later years. She has lived in Northern Virginia since 1968.

Bernis von zur Muehlen
von zur Muehlen in 1993
Born
Bernis Susan Neiman

(1942-04-10) April 10, 1942
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA, Literature)
Known forPhotography
AwardsPhi Beta Kappa 1962
Websitebernisvonzurmuehlen.com

Career highlights

Variously described as "idealistic",[5] creating "a theater of the mind",[6] and playing on "the transience of beauty" and "the ephemeral quality of life",[7] von zur Muehlen's photographs have been displayed in solo and group exhibitions in public as well as commercial spaces in various parts of the US and abroad, including New York,[5][8][9][10][11] London,[6] Edinburgh,[6] Frankfurt,[12] International Art Fair, Bologna,[13] Boston,[14] Washington D.C.,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] and in Virginia.[24][25] Venues include the Corcoran Gallery of Art,[26][27][28][29] the International Center of Photography,[30] the Virginia Museum of Fine Art,[31] the Baltimore Museum of Art,[32] the Delaware Art Museum,[33] SITES, a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition,[34][35] and the American University Museum.[36][37] In later years, she turned to other concerns, such as Polachrome positive color film images of children's dolls reflecting adolescent sexuality in modern society.[38][39] A year-long stay in Nepal yielded the 1990 Terra Sancta exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.[40][41][42][43] A solo exhibit at the National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C[44] featured photographs of the famed Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague.[45] Images of cremation niches in Prague's Christian Olšany Cemetery were later shown in Washington D.C. and in an exhibit curated by John Szarkowski at the New Orleans Museum of Art.[46]In 2019, her work was included in the American University Museum's exhibition of a selection from the collection of the defunct Corcoran Gallery, "Moves Like Walter".[47][36][48] Her most recent solo exhibit, entitled "Nature's Tapestry," took place at the American University Museum. [49]

Publications

Anthologies
  • The Male Nude in Photography[50]
  • Frauen Sehen Männer[12]
  • Male Nudes by Women: An Anthology[13]
  • Male Nude Now: Visions for the 21st Century[51]
  • Male Bodies: A Photographic History of the Nude[7]
  • The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions[52]
  • Women See Men[53]
  • Women Photograph Men[54]
  • In/Sights: Self Portraits by Women[55]
  • Family of Woman[56]
  • SX-70 Art[57]
  • The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for Young People[58]

Catalogues

Collections

References
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  2. Carla, Huebner (1993). "American Art". Women Artists News Book Review: 29.
  3. Krantz, Les (1985). American art galleries: the illustrated guide to their art and artists. Facts on File. p. 72. ISBN 9780816000890.
  4. Wallis, Frank H. (1993). Photography of the Nude: An Annotated Bibliography. University of California: Source Publications. p. 66. ISBN 9780963833297.
  5. Thornton, Gene (18 June 1978). "From the Ideal to the Erotic". The New York Times.
  6. Foster, Alasdair (1988). Behold The Man: The Male Nude in Photography. Edinburgh: Stills Gallery. p. 51. ISBN 0-906458-03-X.)
  7. Cooper, Emmanuel (2004). Male Bodies: A Photographic History of the Nude. London: Prestel. pp. 82–85. ISBN 978-3-7913-3054-9.
  8. "Art". National Arts Guide. 1. December 1979.
  9. Lifson, Ben (10 July 1978). "Thanks for Le Temps Perdu". Village Voice.
  10. Ricard, Rene (September–October 1978). "The Male Nude at Marcuse Pfeifer". Art in America.
  11. "From the Ideal to the Erotic". New York Times Photography View (Archive). June 18, 1978.
  12. Weiermair, Peter (1988). Frauen Sehen Männer. Schaffhausen, Switzerland: Verlag Photographie AG. pp. 20–25. ISBN 978-3-7231-7900-0.
  13. Weiermair, Peter (1995). Male Nudes by Women. Zurich, Switzerland: Editions Stemmle AG. pp. 20–25. ISBN 978-3-905514-67-4.
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  21. Lewis, Jo Ann (February 1979). "Knockouts and Spellbinders Among a Wealth of Women's Art Exhibits". Washington Post.
  22. Argetsinger, Amy and Roxanne Roberts (5 December 2007). "That's Not What They Meant by Business Casual!". The Washington Post.
  23. Jenkins, Mark (20 July 2014). "Artists put 'gold' in 'Gold Rush'". Washington Post.
  24. Dorschner, Karen (October 1979). "Three Photographers Visit Owens". Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
  25. Annas, Teresa (28 January 1981). "Women photographers are intensely personal". The Virginia Pilot and the Ledger-Star.
  26. "Recent Acquisitions: June 15, 1979 to July 15, 1979". Corcoran Gallery Archive. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015.
  27. "Recent Acquisitions: April 1, 1980 to May 4, 1981". Corcoran Gallery Archive. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015.
  28. "Recent Acquisitions: February 8, 1986 to May 25, 1986". Corcoran Gallery Archive. December 16, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-16.
  29. "From the Collection: Photographs by Women: December 18, 1981 to January 31, 1982". Corcoran Gallery Archive. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015.
  30. "Women Photograph Men". International Center of Photography, New York. September 1977.
  31. Virginia Photographers, 1978, Traveling exhibition, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
  32. "Photography". Creative Camera, University of Michigan. 163–174: 249, 284, 320. 1978.
  33. Bourdon, David (September 1978). "Bernis von zur Muehlen:Photographs". Vogue: 64.
  34. "SITES Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service".
  35. Cartmell, Robert (1981). Invisible Light. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 49–50. ISBN 9780865280021.
  36. "Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection". American University. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  37. McGlone, Peggy (September 6, 2019). "Art from the Corcoran reestablishes its place in D.C. with exhibition at AU". Washington Post.
  38. Protzman, Ferdinand (5 February 1998). "Carnival for the Camera". Washington Post.
  39. Miller, Leonore D. (February 1998). "Narratives of Desire". Koan. 6 (5): 17.
  40. "Terra Sancta: Photographs from Israel and Sinai, Nepal, and the North American Deserts: May 19, 1990 to August 12, 1990". Corcoran Gallery Archive. December 16, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-16.
  41. Welzenbach, Michael (18 June 1990). "On Holy Ground: At the Corcoran, Photos and Sacred Places". The Washington Post.
  42. Bell, Judith (December 1990). "Terra Sancta". The Rangefinder.
  43. Bell, Judith (June 1990). "Sacred Spaces". Museum & Arts Washington.
  44. Conroy, Boothe Conroy (13 October 1992). "Stories in Stone: Silent Reminders of Jewish Prague". The Washington Post.
  45. von zur Muehlen, Bernis; Soltes, Ori Z. (1992). Sacred Silences : Photographs of Jewish Prague. Washington D.C.: B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum. OCLC 31183055.
  46. Szarkowski, John (1992). 1992 New Orleans Triennial: New Southern Photography. New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art. p. 62. ISBN 0-89494-038-4.
  47. "Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection". American University. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  48. McGlone, Peggy (6 September 2019). "Art from the Corcoran reestablishes its place in D.C. with exhibition at AU". The Washington Post.
  49. "Nature's Tapestry". American University Museum, September 9 - December 9, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  50. Barns, Lawrence (1980). The Male nude in Photography. Waitsfield, VT: Vermont Crossroads Press. pp. 82–85. ISBN 0-915248-25-5.
  51. Leddick, David (2001). Male Nude Now:Visions for the 21st Century. New York: Rizzoli/Universe. pp. 220–221. ISBN 978-0-7893-0635-7.
  52. Leddick, David (2008). The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions. New York: Rizzoli/Universe. pp. 232–233. ISBN 978-0-7893-1756-8.
  53. Kalmus, Yvonne; Rikki Ripp; Cheryl Wiesenfeld (1977). Women See Men. New York: McGraw-Hill. pp. 88–90. ISBN 978-0-07-033248-5.
  54. Hayes, Danielle (1977). Women Photograph Men. New York: William Morrow. pp. 4, 61. ISBN 978-0-688-03214-2.
  55. Tennyson Cohen, Joyce (1978). In/Sights:Self Portraits by Women. Boston: Godine. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-87923-247-4.
  56. Scully, Julia (1979). Family of Woman. New York: Ridge Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-448-16268-3.
  57. Gibson, Ralph (1979). SX-70 Art. New York: Lustrum Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-912810-26-3.
  58. Sandler, Martin (1979). The Story of American Photography: An Illustrated History for Young People. Boston: Little Brown. pp. 309. ISBN 978-0-316-77021-7.
  59. DiPerna, Frank; Arnold Kramer; Bernis von zur Muehlen; Peter von zur Muehlen (1990). Terra sancta : photographs from Israel and Sinai, Nepal, and the North American deserts. Washington, D.C.: The Corcoran Gallery. ISBN 978-0886750343.
  60. Moves Like Walter: New Curators Open the Corcoran Legacy Collection. Washington, DC: The American University Museum, College of Arts and Sciences. 2019. ISBN 978-1-7334166-0-3.
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