Brett Weston Landscape Photography
American, 1911-1993
(AMERICAN, 1911 - 1993)
Brett Weston may be said to be the first successful artistic heir in the history of photography. The son of Edward Weston, Brett was taught the basics of photography by his father at the young age of fourteen, and set out on his own from that point on. At sixteen he had his first one-man show, and received international recognition at eighteen when a score of his photographs was displayed in the legendary “Film und Foto” exhibition of 1929 in Stuttgart. By the age of twenty, his photographs were on view in major shows in the US, Europe, and Japan. Since then, Weston’s photographs have been featured in hundreds of exhibitions around the world, and are staples in the collections of leading museums and galleries including the Getty Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, George Eastman House, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Amon Carter Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum among others. Concerned with the elemental mass of forms, he is known for his great abstractions; he is also generally acknowledged as one of the finest printers in the medium.
“The camera for an artist is just another tool. It is no more mechanical than a violin if you analyze it. Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.” ~ Brett Westonto
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Artist: Brett Weston
Holland Canal, Netherlands
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Currently framed in custom white wood. See photograph of the piece on the wall.
Category
1970s Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ice Abstraction
By Brett Weston
Located in Buffalo, NY
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited edition of 35. Number 9 of 35. From the “Twenty Photographs, 1970-1977” Portfolio.
Category
1970s Realist Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Aspens, 1972
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Limited edition of 35. Number 22 of 35. From the “Twenty Photographs, 1970-1977” Portfolio.
Category
20th Century Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Black Dune, Oceano California
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
Considered one of Brett Westons most beautiful dunescape. Denise Bethel of Sothebys remarked it was the greatest dune of Brett she had ever seen.
Vintage Photograph printed...
Category
1930s Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Clouds Forever, Hawaii
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel, CA
A beautiful hand printed photograph by the master Brett Weston. Taken most likely in Hawaii. Upper elevation. Framed so don't have the title.
Signed in pencil lower right.
Category
1970s Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Garrapata Beach
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount. Accompanied by a sheet that's titled and dated in pencil by Robert K. Byers, a long time friend and...
Category
1950s Modern Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mono Lake
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This vintage contact print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount. It is accompanied by a letter from Erica Weston, Brett Weston’s daughter, confirming that the prin...
Category
1960s Modern Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$15,000
Dune
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in "Fifteen Photographs" (edition...
Category
1930s Modern Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$7,500
Pines in Fog, Monterey, CA
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This stellar silver gelatin photograph is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount. An outstanding example of Brett Weston's work with exemplary provenance, rich print qu...
Category
1960s Modern Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dune
By Brett Weston
Located in Pacific Grove, CA
This silver gelatin print is signed and dated in pencil on the front of the mount, and again on the back of the mount. Printed in 1961 for inclusion in the "Fifteen Photographs" port...
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1930s Abstract Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
$7,500
Weeds and Wall, 1972
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Twenty prints in the portfolio box. Limited edition of 35.
Category
20th Century Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Untitled, Santa Cruz
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount. Vintage, printed circa 1938.
Category
20th Century Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Beech Forest, Netherlands
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed on the front of the mount.
Category
20th Century Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Garrapata Beach, 1954
By Brett Weston
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed and dated on the front of the mount.
Category
20th Century Brett Weston Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Brett Weston largely photographed landscapes and natural forms like various species of plant. You can see these subjects in his works Dunes, Oceano; Holland Canal; and Mendenhall Glacier. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Brett Weston photographic art.
- What was Brett Weston known for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Brett Weston was best known for his photographs capturing the beauty of landscapes, plants and other parts of nature. The American photographer produced many well-known images, including Dunes, Oceano; Tin Roofs; Underwater Nude; Holland Canal; and Mendenhall Glacier. Find a variety of Brett Weston photographic art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022American photographer Brett Weston was notably part of the “Group f/64” movement in photography. Founded in the early 1930s by photographers in the San Francisco Bay Area, pictures taken in this movement are characterized by sharp focus and careful framing of the subject matter — a reaction against the prominence of pictorialism at the time. Shop a collection of Brett Weston pieces on 1stDibs.