Photo-Secession: Painterly Masterworks of Turn-of-the-Century Photography

April 12 - August 28, 2016 - This exhibit features works by the preeminent artist-photographers of the day, This combination of painterly imagery and print-making became known as Pictorialist photography.

The 78 works presented in this exhibit include prime examples of a variety of photographic printing techniques used by the Pictorialists, such as the use of platinum, gum bichromate, carbon, cyanotype, and bromoil in creating prints.

The exhibit also surveys the explosive aftermath of the Photo-Secession, starting with the work of Paul Strand in 1915-16, when photography transitioned uneasily from Pictorialism to Modernism.