Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.

Biography

Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr. (1862-1932) was a pioneering photographer who embraced the pictorialist movement, producing elegant portraits and allegorical scenes that elevated photography to a fine art.

He also experimented with photographic processes and optical inventions, ensuring that his work and his instruments helped shape early 20th-century visual culture, and Woodlawn Cemetery now shelters his legacy.