Louis Walton Sipley
Louis Walton Sipley (April 10, 1897 - October 18, 1968) was a writer, inventor[1] museum proprietor[2][3][4] and an author of books on photography. His museum's collection of photographs and his papers were donated to the George Eastman Museum which has a collection and conservation center named for him.[5][6] The museum of photography he established was the first of its kind. He also created a hall of fame at it for photography innovators and pioneers.[7]
He was part of the Bucknell University class of 1918.[8]
With his wife Alice Gertrude Moïse (May 24, 1906 - April 26, 2003), he directed the American Museum of Photography in Philadelphia.[3][9]
A collection of his work and papers was donated to the George Eastman Museum by 3M in 1977.[10]
He reviewed an art book.[11]
He is buried in a Jewish cemetery.
Bibliography
[edit]- A half century of color by Louis Walton Sipley (1951)
- Photography's great inventors by Louis Walton Sipley (1965)
- A collector's guide to American photography by Louis Walton Sipley (1957)
- The photomechanical halftone by Louis Walton Sipley (1958)
- Frederic E. Ives, photo-graphic-arts inventor by Louis Walton Sipley (1956)
- Paintings by later American artists by Louis Walton Sipley (1939)
- Mempirs of a Photochemist written by Fritz Wentzel and edited by Sipley[12]
- Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences (editor)
Further reading
[edit]- Book review in PDF format of one of his works
- "The Magic Lantern Slide" by Louis Walton Sipley, Pennsylvania Arts and Sciences, v. 4, no. 1, 1939, pp. 39–43 +
References
[edit]- ^ Finkel, Ken (January 15, 2019). "Once Upon a Day: Philadelphia's American Museum of Photography". PhillyHistory Blog.
- ^ "Photography". Wall Street International. February 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Louis Walton SIPLEY\Alice Gertrude MOISE". www.windemuth.org.
- ^ "HALL OF FAME; Photography Inventors Honored by Jury". The New York Times. May 3, 1964.
- ^ "George Eastman Museum receives $340,615 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities | Finger Lakes Region Official Guide".
- ^ Sheehan, Tanya (December 22, 2011). Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-century America. Penn State Press. ISBN 9780271037929 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Louis Walton Sipley/American Museum of Photography Collection | George Eastman Museum". www.eastman.org.
- ^ University, Bucknell (December 22, 1916). "Catalogue of Bucknell University". The University – via Google Books.
- ^ "Alice Sipley Obituary - Philadelphia, PA | The Philadelphia Inquirer". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Toronto Metropolitan University research repository - Browse".
- ^ Sipley, Louis Walton (1968). "Book Review: American Daguerrian Art. By Floyd and Marion Rinhart". Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography: 268–270.
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