Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Biography
Carl Van Vechten; born June 17 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; died December 21, 1964 in New York; American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.
In 1914 he married actress and dancer Fania Marinoff, sister of Jacob Marinoff. The couple was associated with one of the most vibrant artistic circles in the United States and Europe. They played a prominent role in the bohemian social and artistic life of New York, particularly in the Harlem Renaissance. Carl Van Vechten and Fania Marinoff hosted parties and salons that included Gertrude Stein, Eugene O'Neill, Georgia O'Keeffe and many luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance. She and her husband continued to entertain a large circle of friends in the arts until his death in 1964. Fania Marinoff died seven years later, on November 16, 1971, in Englewood, New Jersey.
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