|
Pictorialism was simultaneously a movement, a philosophy, an aesthetic and a style, resulting in some of
the most spectacular photographs in the history of the medium. This exhibition shows the rise of Pictorialism
in the late nineteenth century from a desire to elevate photography to an art form equal to painting, and extends
its historical period by including its influential precursors, its persistent practitioners, and its seminal effect
on photographic Modernism.
With over 130 masterworks from such well-known photographers as Alvin Langdon Coburn, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz,
Gertrude Käsebier, Heinrich Kühn, Robert Demachy, Frederick Evans, and F. Holland Day, this remarkable exhibition will
illustrate the movement's progression from its early influences to its lasting impact.
Stunningly prescient photographs by Hill & Adamson, Julia Margaret Cameron and Peter Henry Emerson show the precursors later
claimed by the movement. The exhibition also examines the ways Pictorialism informed later movements, with surprising early works
by Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, and Ansel Adams. A selection of Pictorialist journals including Camera Work is included,
underscoring their importance to the dissemination of pictorialist ideas.
This version of TruthBeauty, originally organized in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, has been edited for
travel. The exhibition is accompanied by a richly illustrated 160-page color catalogue, published by the Vancouver Art Gallery and
available directly from Vancouver Art Gallery.
A George Eastman House staff person is required to oversee installation and
deinstallation of this exhibition
View PDF
| |
Alvin Langdon Coburn. British (1882-1966). WAPPING, 1904. Photogravure print. George Eastman House Collection, gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn
|
