{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"25676"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift, by exchange, of Arthur Penn, Class of 1956, and Marilyn Penn; Christopher Elliman; David Elliman; and Andrea Branch"},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"91.042.007"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Vintage gelatin silver print____Genthe was born in Berlin, Prussia, to Louise Zober and Hermann Genthe, a professor of Latin and Greek at the Graues Kloster (Grey Abbey) in Berlin. Arnold followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a classically trained scholar; he received a doctorate in philology in 1894 at the University of Jena, where he knew artist Adolf Menzel, his mother's cousin.After emigrating to San Francisco in 1895 to work as a tutor, he taught himself photography. He was intrigued by the Chinese section of the city and photographed its inhabitants, from children to drug addicts. About two hundred of his Chinatown pictures survive, and these comprise the only known photographic depictions of the area before the 1906 earthquake.After local magazines published some of his photographs in the late 1890s, he opened a portrait studio. He knew some of the city's wealthy matrons, and as his reputation grew, his clientele included Nance O'Neil, Sarah Bernhardt, Nora May French, and Jack London.In 1906, the San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed Genthe's studio, but he rebuilt. Within a short time, Genthe joined the arts colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where he was able to pursue his work in color photography. Of his new residence, he wrote, \"The cypresses and rocks of Point Lobos, the always varying sunsets and the intriguing shadows of the sand dunes offered a rich field for color experiments.\"In 1911 he moved to New York City, where he remained until his death from a heart attack in 1942."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Gelatin silver print"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"91.042.007_Disc0284_02845002"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"[Southwest landscape]"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Photographs"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Arnold Genthe"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/89682/full"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"188640"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Image: 8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches (21.9 x 16.5 cm)"}}]}