ALBERTINA, Wien
Heinrich Kühn, Der Sonnenschirm, 1912, Autochrom
Vienna, ALBERTINA MODERN: »Pictorialism. Art Photography around 1900«
Is Photography Art?
Vienna around 1900: photography had already made rapid technical progress, but at this time only very few recognized its artistic potential. The ALBERTINA in Vienna illuminates in Pictorialism. Art Photography around 1900 the beginnings of a network that sought to elevate photography to the status of fine art. The exhibition opens on February 3, 2023.
February 03, 2023
In the 19th century, photography served primarily for documentation; only a few saw artistic potential in it. In Vienna, a network developed around Heinrich Kühn that established international connections and made it its mission to put photography on an equal footing with the fine arts. The ALBERTINA in Vienna is now dealing in detail with this groundbreaking chapter in art history for the first time. The exhibition Pictorialism. Art Photography around 1900 can be seen at the ALBERTINA MODERN from February 3 to April 26, 2023.
Art photography experienced its first peak in the 1920s. One of its well-known representatives in Vienna was Rudolf Koppitz, a student at the former k.u.k. (imperial and royal) Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna. Art photography was initially oriented toward compositional teachings of painting, but increasingly found its own form of expression. The so-called pictorialism also had a significant influence on commercial portrait photography.
ALBERTINA, Wien, Dauerleihgabe der Höheren Graphischen Bundes-Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
Rudolf Koppitz, Bewegungsstudie, 1926, Gummidruck
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London, The National Gallery: »Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed«
First exhibition on Renaissance painter Pesellino
A master of the early Renaissance is now receiving his deserved recognition: Francesco di Stefano, known as Pesellino, was a glorious painter in Florence. The National Gallery presents his work in the exhibition Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed starting December 7 in London.
December 07, 2023
New York, Queens Museum with two parallel exhibitions
Young art about self-determination
Two young female artists are given the opportunity to invite visitors into their worlds at the Queens Museum. Emilie L. Gossiaux. Other-Worlding and sonia louise davis. to reverberate tenderly will be on view at the same New York institution beginning December 6.
December 06, 2023
